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Four-panel educational comic. Owl with a fruit basket labeled stocks, a scale labeled index, a chart of the basket, chalkboard: an index is a score, not a store.
An index is a score, not a store. · Original comic, Finance desk. Definition: SEC Investor.gov.

Finance

What a stock index is

A stock index is a single number that tracks a defined basket of companies. It is a score for that basket, not a store where you buy the fruit. Averaging is a teaching shortcut, not a weighting lecture. Not advice.

Source: Investor.gov