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  • verb Present participle of reweight.

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Examples

  • The facts are there are three IRV countries: Ireland (mandated in their 1937 constitution), Australia (adopted STV in the early 1900s, but in 1949 added "reweighting" to STV in their multi-winner elections, a change which does not matter for us since we are only considering single-winner elections – Australia and Ireland have both kinds of elections), and Malta.

    Have Third Parties Been "Punked" By Instant Runoff? 2008

  • Still, the impact will be phased: The FTSE's reweighting takes effect on December 16th, the MSCI's not until the end of February.

    Glencore Needs More Than a Squeeze Andrew Peaple 2011

  • Last year, metal prices responded to the reweighting, but agricultural and energy markets moved in the opposite direction from where the indexes directed investors.

    For Indexes, Shifting Rite Andrea Hotter 2011

  • Although the S & P GSCI announced its 2011 reweighting two months ago, investors shift their positions over time.

    For Indexes, Shifting Rite Andrea Hotter 2011

  • The effects of reweighting are likely to be fleeting, however.

    For Indexes, Shifting Rite Andrea Hotter 2011

  • A reweighting of funds that track commodity indexes has contributed to the volatility.

    Coffee, Cotton, Cocoa Surge Leslie Josephs 2011

  • "While we are hopeful that a disorderly outcome will be avoided, we think that even a reweighting of market risk perceptions may be enough to keep the euro on its back foot this week," he said.

    Asia Drops After S&P Move John Phillips 2012

  • In May, employees are free to sell their 36% stake in the company, triggering another index reweighting.

    Glencore Needs More Than a Squeeze Andrew Peaple 2011

  • The reweighting is based on shares outstanding for the stocks in the index as of March 31, Nasdaq said.

    Apple Crunched in Nasdaq Rebalance Tom Lauricella 2011

  • Commodities markets had a volatile week, which traders attributed to confusion over the impact of index reweighting as well as to an uncertain economic outlook.

    For Indexes, Shifting Rite Andrea Hotter 2011

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