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Tags: finance, stock markets
Categories: Economics & Finance
A subset of products or securities that is designed to mimic the performance of an overall market. Market baskets contain a fixed selection of items, which are used to track such things as inflation, prices or performance levels.
(source: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/market_basket.asp)
Synonyms:
basket securities
