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The Standard and Poor's 500, or simply the S&P 500, [5] is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 of the largest companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followed equity indices and includes approximately 80% of the total market capitalization of U.S. public companies, with an ...
The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices.It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30 companies that compose the Dow Jones Industrial Average).
July 20, 2019: The S&P 500 index reaches 3,000 points, closing at 3,013.77. February 19, 2020: The S&P 500 index reached its highest point in the bull market that started from the low point on March 9, 2009, closing at 3386.15. August 18, 2020: The S&P 500 index closed at a record high of 3389.78 amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United ...
While these are the worst of the worst, a few dozen S&P 500 constituents logged double-digit losses in October. Some of these setbacks were earnings-related. Others were just because.
By comparison, the S&P 500 offered just a 2.8% total return over the same five-year period. Through 2010, which includes the Great Recession, small caps continued to outperform. The S&P 600 ...
US stocks just logged a third straight losing month for the first time since the onset of the COVID pandemic in March 2020. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell 2.2% in October. The index officially entered ...
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust is an exchange-traded fund which trades on the NYSE Arca under the symbol SPY (NYSE Arca: SPY). 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 S&P 500 has gained an average of 23% in the 18 months following the 20% threshold, which in the current context would roughly represent 2024 year-end. For reference, the S&P 500 closed at ...