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The Standard & Poor's 500 Index Differs from the Dow

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The Standard & Poor's 500 Index differs from the Dow Jones Industrial Index because:


A) It takes into account the stock prices of 500 of the largest firms, which is less than the DJIA
B) It is a price-weighted index, where the DJIA is a value-weighted index
C) Larger firms are less important in the S&P 500 than in the DJIA
D) It takes into account the prices of more stocks and it uses a different weighting scheme

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