What exactly is the S&P 500?

jayc
2021-09-04

The S&P 500 Index is a stock Index of 500 publicly traded companies in the United States. The stock index is created and maintained by Standard & Poor's.

All companies covered by the S&P 500 are listed on major U.S. exchanges, such as the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. The S&P 500 contains more companies than the Dow, so risk is more diversified and reflects broader market changes.

Top 10 S&P 500 holdings: Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, ExxonMobil, Johnson & Johnson, Berkshire Hathaway, JPMORGAN Chase, ALPHABET INC A, ALPHABET INC C (Parent company of Google) 

Are these companies familiar? Most of them are fortune 500 companies. So by investing in the S&P 500, you're indirectly owning these great companies.

The stocks that make up the S&P 500 index are selected by a committee that changes stocks. Its stock market is so representative that it shows the ups and downs of the U.S. economy.

The S&P 500 is up 983% over the past 30 years, a compound annual gain of 7.9%. So whenever you invest in the S&P 500 and hold it for a long time, you far outperform most investors.

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  • 栋哥
    2021-09-04
    栋哥
    标普500在过去30年里上涨了983%，复合年增长率为7.9%。所以无论何时我投资标普500并长期持有，我的表现都远远胜过大多数投资者，以后就这么操作，买了，不用操心！
  • 七色祥云6
    2021-09-04
    七色祥云6
    老虎证券里，就可以直接买标普500吗，怎么操作啊？
  • 布莱登森林
    2021-09-04
    布莱登森林
    前十大标普500控股公司：苹果、微软、亚马逊、脸书、埃克森美孚、强生、伯克希尔B、摩根大通、谷歌A公司等，都是世界500强的大公司啊，通过投资标普500，我就间接拥有了这些伟大的公司拉，想不赚钱都不行了，哈
  • 小时候可帅了00
    2021-09-04
    小时候可帅了00
    我看完以后还是不买股票了，直接买指数基金算了。
  • 浴缸潜水员
    2021-09-09
    浴缸潜水员

    沪深300一直在潜伏在3000点附近，暗中观察……

    $沪深300(000300.SH)$  $标普500(.SPX)$  

  • 宝宝金水_
    2021-09-04
    宝宝金水_
    我决定了，以后不选股了，只买指数，只做指数就好了。
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