The S&P 100, a subset of the S&P 500, is comprised of 100 leading U.S. stocks with exchangelisted options. Constituents of the S&P 100 are selected for sector balance and represent about 59% of the market capitalization of the S&P 500 and almost 45% of the market capitalization of the U.S. equity markets.
Statistics
| Return Year-to-date | 6.49 % |
| Pullback from 52-week high | -0.08 % |
| Price | 607.83 |
Updated 2/6/2012
Widely regarded as the best single gauge of the U.S. equities market, this world-renowned index includes 500 leading companies in leading industries of the U.S. economy. Although the S&P 500 focuses on the large cap segment of the market, with approximately 75% coverage of U.S. equities, it is also an ideal proxy for the total market. S&P 500 is part of a series of S&P U.S. indices that can be used as building blocks for portfolio construction.
Statistics
| Return Year-to-date | 6.90 % |
| Pullback from 52-week high | -1.41 % |
| Price | 1344.33 |
Updated 2/6/2012
Introduced in 1991, the S&P MidCap 400 is now the most widely used index for mid-sized companies. Today, mid caps are being recognized as an independent asset class, with risk/reward profiles that differ considerably from both large caps and small caps. The S&P MidCap 400 covers over 7% of the U.S. equities market, and is part of a series of S&P U.S. indices that can be used as building blocks for portfolio construction.
Statistics
| Return Year-to-date | 10.36 % |
| Pullback from 52-week high | -4.44 % |
| Price | 970.23 |
Updated 2/6/2012
Introduced in 1994, the S&P SmallCap 600 is fast becoming the preferred small cap index in the U.S., covering approximately 3% of the domestic equities market. Measuring a segment of the market that is typically renowned for poor trading liquidity and financial instability, the index is designed to be an efficient portfolio of companies that meet specific inclusion criteria to ensure that they are investable and financially viable. S&P SmallCap 600 makes up the final piece of the S&P U.S. index series that can be used as building blocks for portfolio construction.
Statistics
| Return Year-to-date | 11.19 % |
| Pullback from 52-week high | -0.44 % |
| Price | 461.53 |
Updated 2/6/2012
S&P Composite 1500 combines three indices - S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, and S&P SmallCap 600 - to form an investable benchmark of the U.S. equity market. Covering approximately 85% of the U.S. market capitalization, S&P Composite 1500 offers investors an index with the familiar characteristics of the S&P 500 but with broader market exposure.
The S&P 1000 combines two indices - the S&P MidCap 400 and the S&P SmallCap 600 - to form an investable benchmark for the mid-small cap universe of the U.S. equity market.
The S&P 900 combines two indices - the S&P 500 and the S&P MidCap 400 - to form an investable benchmark for the large-mid cap universe of the U.S. equity market. It creates a broader universe covering over 80% of the U.S. market capitalization.