Wilshire 5000

The Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index, or more simply the Wilshire 5000, is a market-capitalization-weighted index of the market value of all American stocks actively traded in the United States.

[1] The index is intended to measure the performance of most publicly traded companies headquartered in the United States, with readily available price data (Bulletin Board/penny stocks and stocks of extremely small companies are excluded).

The full cap index uses the total shares outstanding for each company.

The float-adjusted index uses shares adjusted for free float.

The list of issues included in the index is updated monthly to add new listings resulting from corporate spin-offs and initial public offerings, and to remove issues which move to the pink sheets or that have ceased trading for at least 10 consecutive days.

Wilshire 5000 Index from 1971-2024
US bond market compared to total stock market cap (Wilshire 5000). Mortgage-backed securities not shown.
Wilshire 5000
Corporate bonds