indices

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Yet investors didn’t show the same anxiety once trading started, sending the indices into a sort of fugue state.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

US stocks began the session sharply lower, but later regained their footing, with two of the three major indices ending narrowly positive.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

“It is intended to make the indices more representative of the real economic exposure they are designed to measure,” the index provider said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“Basket trading, custom indices and ETFs are driving indiscriminate selling, pulling down everything tied to the sector regardless of business quality,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

How can a change in a handful of economic and social indices cause murder rates to fall by two-thirds in five years?

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell