How does yahoo finance construct its industry indexes? Are they equally-weighted or market cap-weighted?

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How does yahoo finance construct its industry indexes? Are they equally-weighted or market cap-weighted?

The indexes I refer to can be found by clicking on the industry link found in the business summary portion of a given stock's page, followed by the second link in the Intraday performance summary section of the resulting page. As one example, for Home Depot (ticker: HD), the ultimate link to the Home Improvement index is

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%5EYHOh841

2006-09-10 15:17:00 · 2 answers · asked by merlin 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing

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Typically most indexes are market cap weighted.

2006-09-15 18:09:35 · answer #1 · answered by Yada Yada Yada 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

im sry but i dont know

2006-09-15 18:16:28 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋