2. The S&P 500 Index was compiled by Standard & Poor's Company in 1957. The initial constituent stocks include 425 industrial stocks, 15 railway stocks and 60 public utility stocks. From July 1 9761,its constituent stocks were changed to 400 industrial stocks, 20 transportation stocks, 40 public utilities stocks and 40 financial stocks.
3. Standard & Poor's services cover various financial fields, mainly including: rating trillions of global debts; Providing the Standard & Poor's Index, involving investment assets of $65,438 +0.5 trillion; Provide objective information and analysis reports for the stock market, fixed income market, foreign exchange market and mutual fund market.
4. The Standard & Poor's 1200 Index and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index become the Standard & Poor's 500 Index respectively, which are the benchmarks of global stock market performance and American portfolio index. The company also provides credit ratings for more than 220,000 securities and funds around the world. Standard & Poor's has become a world-class information brand and an authoritative international analysis institution.
Extended data:
1, Standard & Poor's and other foreign stock indexes are only applicable to the local stock exchange market, not to mention that there is no linkage between China stock market and foreign stock markets.
2. Standard & Poor's 500 Index-Considerations for Reducing the Holdings of Constituent Shares "
(1) Merger-After a company is merged, the merged company is naturally excluded from the index.
(2) Bankruptcy-the company declares bankruptcy.
(3) Transformation-Company transformation is meaningless in the original industry classification.
(4) Not representative-replaced by other companies in the same industry.