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Most of the other major stock indexes, like the Standard & Poor's 500, the Russell 2000 and the Wilshire 5000 Total Market, are also skewed by capitalization weighting.
The index is weighted by capitalization, which means about 500 technology stocks that trade on the Nasdaq exchange account for more than 48 percent of the index.
DoCoMo, the largest stock by capitalization on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, will lose 100 billion yen ($758 million), the company's first full-year loss, according to a report in Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
U.S., international, by capitalization?
The answer is simple: The indexes are weighted by capitalization.
Click on the ETF tab to access offerings usefully organized by capitalization and investment styles.
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