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App. No. 12/717,485

Just 200

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App. No.
12/717,485
Abstract

The Just 200 is a market capitalization weighted stock market index. It is used to track the movements of the broad US stock market. Stocks represent ownership. With ownership comes economic results and voting power. However, some companies restrict, or even remove, the voting power of some stockholders. The Just 200 is meant to be the index of choice for individuals buying stocks through an index fund because it has been designed to be the fairest to individual investors because it excludes ALL SECURITIES of companies who don't give all owners equal voting rights. The logic behind it is that every share should be entitled an equal ownership vote. Any company who doesn't adhere to that standard is curtailing the rights of individuals and should have their securities boycotted. No major stock market index uses this rule.

Claims (1)

1 . The Just 200 is unique in that it is the only index that by rule excludes every class of stock issued by companies with multiple classes of stock. Most other broad market indices include one class or more, if the securities would otherwise be eligible for inclusion.