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The health of financial markets is gauged by the values of various securities indexes that
show the growth or decline of prices in various markets. The indexes are used to gauge
the movement, direction, and rate of change as well as nominal value.
Figure 14.2 "Examples of Security Indexes" lists some examples of the many stock
indexes and bond indexes and the publicly traded securities they track.
Figure 14.2 Examples of Security Indexes