The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Total Stock Market Index, also known as the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index or simply the Wilshire 5000 is a broad base stock market index often used to represent the entire United States stock market. It measures the performance of all public companies based in the United States with "readily available price data"; that is, the value of common stock, real estate investment trusts (REITs), and limited partnerships of companies whose primary stock market listing is on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, or American Stock Exchange. A stock market index is a listing of stocks, and a statistic reflecting the composite value of its components. ... The New York Stock Exchange A stock market is a market for the trading of company stock, and derivatives of same; both of these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by a relatively few individuals. ... Common stock, also referred to as common shares, are, as the name implies, the most usual and commonly held form of stock in a corporation. ... A Real Estate Investment Trust or REIT (rhymes with treat) is a tax designation for a corporation investing in real estate that reduces or eliminates corporate income taxes. ... A limited partnership is a form of partnership similar to a general partnership, except that in addition to one or more general partners (GPs), there are one or more limited partners (LPs). ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world in dollar volume and second largest by number of companies listed. ... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... The American Stock Exchange (AMEX) is an American stock exchange situated in New York. ...

The Wilshire 5000 is a market capitalization-weighted index, meaning price change in its components are factored against the total market capitalization of those components. Dow Jones publishes both an index based on full market capitalization and also one based on a float-adjusted market capitalization, reflecting the number of shares actually available to trade. The list of securities is updated monthly to add new listings for corporate spin-offs and initial public offerings, and to remove companies which move to the pink sheets or stop trading for ten days. Market capitalization, often abbreviated to market cap, is a measurement of corporate size that refers to the current stock price times the number of outstanding shares. ... Security is a type of transferable interest representing financial value. ... An initial public offering (IPO) is the first sale of a corporations common shares to public investors. ... Pink Sheets is an electronic system, published by Pink Sheets LLC, to display bid and ask quotation prices. ...

The index was created by Wilshire Associates in 1974 and named for the approximate number of issues it included at that time. It reached an all-time high of 14,751.64 on March 24, 2000, representing a total market capitalization of over $14.7 trillion. It was renamed the "Dow Jones Wilshire 5000" after the Dow Jones & Company took over responsibility for its calculation and maintenance in April 2004. 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in leap years). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) is an American publishing and financial information firm. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Recent Close

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On Friday, October 13, 2006, the index gained 38.72 points (0.28%) to close at 13,696.31, a new multi-year high. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... The goddess Freya, after whom Friday is named. ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

It is worthwhile to note that (in spite of the $1.2 trillion loss in overall market capitalization) a total market investment at the spring 2000 peak, if all dividends were re-invested at the time of their issue, finally became profitable on a closing basis on October 3, 2006 after briefly passing its original level on September 28.[1] (On October 3, coincidentally, the narrower but popular Dow Jones Industrial Average surpassed its former all-time nominal high.) October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DJI) is one of several stock market indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company founder Charles Dow. ...

External links

• Dow Jones Wilshire Broad Market Indexes for description
• Wilshire 5000 Index on Yahoo! Finance for recent charts