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Basic Question 7 of 14

A(n) ______ index assumes that an investor purchases an equal number of shares for each stock in the index.

A. price-weighted
B. equally weighted
C. market-capitalization-weighted

User Contributed Comments 4

User Comment
johntan1979 Equal dollar amount: Equally weighted
Equal # shares: Price weighted
RicardoHM Correct, that's a nice clean way to look at it. Thanks
khalifa92 if equal amount of shares how do high price dominates the index?
mcbreatz 1 share worth $15 will have more impact then 1 share worth $10.
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Learning Outcome Statements

describe the choices and issues in index construction and management

compare the different weighting methods used in index construction

calculate and analyze the value and return of an index given its weighting method

describe rebalancing and reconstitution of an index

CFA® 2025 Level I Curriculum, Volume 3, Module 2.