The Standard and Poor's 500 is widely considered to be the most accurate
proxy for the large cap U.S. stock market. It is used by virtually all professional money
managers as the benchmark against which they measure their performance.
Key features of the S&P 500
- Consists of 500 U.S. stocks from 10 economic sectors;
- Represents 75% of the market value of all U.S. companies;
- Includes most of the largest companies;
- Stocks included are widely held;
- Has over $3.5 trillion benchmarked.
While past performance of the S&P 500 Index is no guarantee of its future
performance, the chart below is of particular interest to investors
considering indexed annuities.
