What is the S&P 500? A Beginner’s Guide to the Market
The S&P 500 (Standard & Poor’s 500) is a stock market index that tracks the performance of the 500 largest publicly traded companies in the United States. When watching the news, you might hear that the “market” is up. The S&P 500 is the market. It is also known as a benchmark. The S&P 500…