Standard and Poor’s 500 (S&P 500)
Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004659
A stock market index that represents the performance of 500 of the largest publicly traded companies in the United States. It is widely regarded as one of the best gauges of large-cap U.S. equities and a key indicator of the overall health of the U.S. stock market. The S&P 500 is a market-capitalization-weighted index.
| Identifier | MLC-T-LAW-004659 |
|---|---|
| Field | Law |
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