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indexing

  • present participle
    of index.
    index
    noun
    (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.

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Billions of dollars have flowed into direct indexing and long-short tax-aware strategies, which track the market while generating losses to offset capital-gains taxes that result from rebalancing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

One such strategy, direct indexing, involves buying individual securities that track the performance of an index while also generating losses that can be used to reduce capital-gains taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Among them: why indexing beats even the most talented stock pickers; the biggest mistake individual investors are making right now, and what a young investor can learn from a lifetime spent studying markets.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

As the search indexing of the chat logs is no longer occurring, it is likely Anthropic used available tools to quickly block the chat log links from search results.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Instead she stayed put and kept indexing the collection, determined to preserve William’s place in history.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield