Talk:Wilshire 5000/Archives/2012

Ugly Monday?

The end of the article mentions "Ugly Monday" as being September 15, 2008. What source calls this date Ugly Monday? Is this just what one or a few people call it? Or is it what that date is now referred to such as Black Tuesday? If it is now called that permanently Ugly Monday, then it should have its own page. I can only find one source mentioning "Ugly Monday" and that is the Erie Times-News. Dysalot (talk) 17:38, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Dividend reinvestments?

the end of the article makes it sound like the DJIA index accounts for dividend reinvestments, while the Wilshire 5000 index does not. At least that's the way it sounds. Can anyone say? Does this index track dividend reinvestments? Thanks 68.123.47.165 18:48, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Some versions of the index do account for dividend reinvestment, while others do not. I've made that clarification. --Kalbasa (talk) 19:35, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

ETFs?

Are there any? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.153.53.2 (talk) 00:42, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes: SPDR DJ Wilshire Total Market ETF (ticker TMW on the AMEX). Owen× ☎ 11:18, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Significance

Will someone point out the significance of the Wilshire 5000? It appears that this index can be used to track changes in overall market capitalization for the United States traded securities. This seems to me to be a good gauge of what is happening macroeconomically, but would you really want to invest in a mutual fund that tracks the Wilshire 5000? 68.17.154.246 (talk) 03:41, 22 October 2008 (UTC)G

Of course you would. The whole point of indexing is to capture a full market. The S&P-500 and other indices only cover large-cap stocks, while the Wilshire 5000 gives you the whole publicly traded US market, big to small. Owen× ☎ 11:14, 22 October 2008 (UTC)