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Jun 6, 2015 · ^GSPC is a price index, not a total return index, so it does not include dividends. SPY is an ETF that holds the underlying stocks. When it receives a dividend it keeps it in a cash account (which of course affects the NAV and market value of SPY shares) until the end of the quarter.
- Understanding Ticker Symbols
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A ticker symbolis a sequence of alphabets and numbers used to represent the stock of any publicly-traded company. Sometimes, the symbol is an abbreviated form of the name of the company. For example, the ticker for Facebook is FB, and that for McDonald’s is MCD. However, some companies use tickers that do not resemble its name at all. For example, ...
1. SPX
Investors can use optionsto trade in the S&P 500 index, and when such trading is done, it uses a separate ticker symbol. The S&P’s own stock index is represented by SPX, which tracks the movement of its constituent stocks. It is a cash-settled option, wherein the asset underlying the option is not traded, but investors speculate only on its price. Cash settlement is usually done in the trade of commodities that involve high transportation costs for the physical exchange process. Although stoc...
2. SPY
The SPDR S&P 500 ETFis an exchange-traded fund consisting of the 500 stocks listed on the actual index in the same proportion as the index. Fund managers make up the fund in order to track the performance of the largest companies in the U.S. stock market and offer returns in line with the index. Investors can simply purchase units of the ETF in order to replicate the S&P 500 index without buying each of the constituent stocks according to the weights of their market cap. The ticker for the SP...
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My understanding is that ^GSPC is Yahoo Finance's 'proprietary' ticker for the S&P 500 index. I have no idea why Yahoo Finance chose not to or was forbidden from using the common SPX ticker.
Mar 16, 2024 · We're only a few months into 2024, but the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC 0.80%) has started off the year with a bang. The index is currently up by more than 8% this year alone and it's soared by a whopping 44%...
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Mar 6, 2024 · It represents the top 500 companies by market capitalization (overall value) listed on either the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or the NASDAQ, therefore encompassing a wide range of...
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The closing price for the S&P 500 (GSPC) on Friday was $5,127.79. It was up 0.1% for the day.
