The S&P 500 is one of the US stock market indices that is widely known to reflect the US stock market. S&P 500 contains 505 stocks issued by 500 Large Capital companies in US. It is maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. The S&P 500 index is market cap weighted, thus gives a higher … [Read more...] about Top 25 Companies in S&P 500
If you invested $1000 in Amazon (AMZN) 10 years ago, how much is it worth now?
Amazon (AMZN) issued its initial public offering almost 25 years ago on 17th May 1997 at the stock price of $18 for a share in NASDAQ. Since then it has become one of the biggest successes in tech industry. If you had invested $1000 at Amazon's IPO and held on to the share, it … [Read more...] about If you invested $1000 in Amazon (AMZN) 10 years ago, how much is it worth now?
15 Best and Worst Stock Returns of S&P 500 in 2021
S&P 500, short for The Standard and Poor's 500 is one of the US stock market index widely used to track the performance economy in US. S&P 500 index had a great year in 2021 with about 26% gain in return. First time in a while S&P 500 index also beat Dow Jones Industrial … [Read more...] about 15 Best and Worst Stock Returns of S&P 500 in 2021
4 Charts to Understand the Performance of Microsoft (MSFT) Stock in 2021
How did Microsoft stock perform in the year 2021. Here are four charts to understand the performance of Microsoft's stock. Overall, if you had invested in Microsoft in the beginning of 2021, it is good year for you. In the first, chart, we look at the daily closing price … [Read more...] about 4 Charts to Understand the Performance of Microsoft (MSFT) Stock in 2021
How did Market Cap Weighted S&P 500 index compare with equal weighted index in 2021
The most commonly used S&P 500 (Standard & Poor’s 500) stock index is weighted by market value of the companies. For example, Apple the most valued company in S&P 500 index carry more weight than the others. Another version of the index derived from S&P 500 is equally weighting … [Read more...] about How did Market Cap Weighted S&P 500 index compare with equal weighted index in 2021