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S&P 500
Sign in to saveAlso known as S&P, S&P 500 Component, S&P 500 Index, S & P 500, SPX, ^GSPC
American stock market index
The S&P 500 is an index that tracks the stock prices of 500 large American companies, serving as a key measure of how the overall U.S. stock market is performing. It matters because many investors and economists use it as a barometer of the health of the American economy and as a benchmark to compare their own investment returns against.
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Described at
Standard & Poor's 500 Index • Definition | Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon
Lexikon Online ᐅStandard & Poor's 500 Index: neben dem Dow-Jones Index wichtigster Aktienindex in den USA, der von Standard & Poor’s entwickelt wurde. Er umfasst 500 Aktien der USA, davon 400 aus der Industrie, jeweils 40 aus der Versorgungs- und Finanzbranche sowie 20 Transportunternehmen. Im Gegensatz zum Dow-Jones ist der Standard
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- ExxonMobil
- Named after
- S&P Global Ratings
- Country
- United States
- Stock exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Operator
- S&P Dow Jones Indices
- Official website
- www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/indices/equity/sp-500/#overview
- Image
- S and P 500 daily linear chart 1950 to 2016.png
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- Commons category
- S&P 500 Index
- service entry
- 1957-03-04
- described by source
- Yahoo! Finance
- has list
- List of S&P 500 companies
- external data available at URL
- fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SP500
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