The Wilshire 4500 Completion Index, more commonly the Wilshire 4500, is a

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of all

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actively traded in the United States with the exception of the stocks included in the

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index. The index is created by removing the stocks in the

Index from the

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. Many managers of

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and mid-cap funds use the Wilshire 4500 as a performance benchmark. The

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's small-cap fund used this index, although it now tracks the Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market Index.

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20140126081314/http://web.wilshire.com/Indexes/Broad/Wilshire4500/ American stock market indices {{stockexchange-stub

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