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Utilities have been on fire this year as enthusiasm over booming AI electricity demand pushes the sector higher. Case in point: The S&P 500 Utilities ETF is up a whopping 29% so far this year ...
Image source: Getty Images. How the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF could turn $500 per month into $986,900. The S&P 500 advanced 2,170% in the last three decades, returning 10.9% annually.
As measured by the Utilities Sector SPDR ETF, utilities delivered a 7.6% gain in the first half (and a 9.3% total return when adding in dividend income). While solid, they underperformed the S&P ...
On Monday, March 4, 1957, the index was expanded to its current extent of 500 companies and was renamed the S&P 500 Stock Composite Index. [1] In 1962, Ultronic Systems became the compiler of the S&P indices including the S&P 500 Stock Composite Index, the 425 Stock Industrial Index, the 50 Stock Utility Index, and the 25 Stock Rail Index. [20]
The largest ETF, as of April 2021, was the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE Arca: SPY), with about $353.4 billion in assets. The second-largest was the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF with around $270.0 billion ( NYSE Arca : IVV ), and third-largest was the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF ( NYSE Arca : VTI ) with $213.1 billion.
The index was created in 1929 when all utility stocks were removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average. On April 20, 1965, the index closed at 163.32. On September 13, 1974, the index closed at 57.93.
The ETF is designed to track the S&P 500 index by holding a portfolio comprising all 500 companies on the index. [1] It is a part of the SPDR family of ETFs and is managed by State Street Global Advisors. [2] The fund is the largest and oldest ETF in the USA. Legally, the fund is set up as a unit investment trust.
US stocks jumped on Friday as S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 aimed for a five-day win streak. Investors are focused on the Federal Reserve's upcoming interest rate cut announcement next week.