INDICATOR

indicator.Securities. An average or index that shows enough of a correlation to market trends

or economic conditions that it can help analyze market performance. coincident indicator.An economic or market-activity index or indicator that shows changing

trends near the same time that overall conditions begin to change.

economic indicator.See ECONOMIC INDICATOR.

lagging indicator. 1. An index that indicates a major stock-market change sometime after the

change occurs. 2. See lagging economic indicator under ECONOMIC INDICATOR.

leading indicator. 1. A quantifiable index that predicts a major stock-market change. 2. See

leading economic indicator under ECONOMIC INDICATOR.

[Blacks Law 8th]