What is the S&P 500?
Standard & Poor's is the world's authoritative financial analysis institution, founded by Mr Henry Varnum Poor in 1860. Standard & Poor's was formed by the merger of Standard & Poor's Publishing and Standard Statistics in 1941.
S & P 500 Index Standard & Poor's is the world's authoritative financial analysis institution, founded by Mr Henry Varnum Poor in 1860. Standard & Poor's was formed by the merger of Standard & Poor's Publishing and Standard Statistics in 1941. Standard & Poor's offers investors Standard & Poor's (S & P) as S & P's strength lies in creating independent benchmarks. By Standard & Poor's S & P has provided more than 140 years of independent insights to the global financial community. The company was formed by the merger of Standard Statistics and Poole Publishing in 1941, and the company's history dates back to 1860. At that time, Henry Varnum Poor published Railway History and the American Canal, and pioneered the establishment of the financial information industry with the purpose of "investors have the right to know". To this day, Standard & Poor's, which has long been an authority in the industry, is still seriously and strictly fulfilling its original purpose. Over the past century, Standard & Poor's has gone through several milestones: The Standard Statistics Bureau was established in 1906 to provide financial information on U.S. companies that were previously unavailable In 1916, the Bureau of Standard Statistics began Standard & Poor's parent company McGraw-Hill, founded in 1888, is a global information service provider. The company's mission is to satisfy Standard & Poor's and other foreign stocks Trading units: [1] stock Serial number company name 1 A Agilent 2 AA Alcoa 3 AAPL Apple 4 ABC US source Bergen 5 ABT Abbott Laboratories 6 ACE ACE insurance 7 ACN Accenture 8 ADBE system 9 Analog Devices 10 ADM ADM 11 ADP automatic data processing 12 ADSK 13 AEE Amorim 14 AEP U.S. Electricity 15 AES AES Power 16 AET 17 AFL Family Life Insurance 18 AGN 19 AIG American International Group 20 AIV Apartment Investment and Management 21 AIZ assurant 22 AKAM akamai 23 AKS AK Steel 24 ALL Statewide Insurance 25 ALTR altera 26 AMAT Applied Materials 27 AMD Advanced Micro Devices 28 AMGN Amgen 29 AMP ameriprise 30 AMT american tower 31 AMZN Amazon 32 AN autonation 33 ANF abercrombie & fitch 34 ANR Alpha Natural Resources 35 AON 36 APA Apache Oil 37 APC Anadarko Petroleum 38 APD Air Chemical 39 APH Amphenol 40 APOL Apollo 41 ARG airgas 42 ATI Yelian Technology 43 AVB avalonbay 44 AVP Avon 45 AVY Avery Dennison 46 AXP American Express 47 AZO autozone 48 BA Boeing 49 BAC Bank of America 50 BAX Baxter International 51 BBBY bed bath & beyond 52 BBT BB & T 53 BBY Best Buy 54 BCR CR bard 55 BDX Biddy 56 BEN Franklin Resources 57 BF_B Brown Forman 58 BHI Baker Hughes 59 BIG big lots 60 BIIB biological genes 61 BK New York Mellon Bank 62 BLK BlackRock 63 BLL Bol 64 BMC BMC software 65 BMS 66 BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb 67 BRCM broadcom 68 BRK_B Berkshire Hathaway-B 69 BSX Boston Science 70 BTU Bodi Energy 71 BXP Boston Real Estate 72 C Citigroup 73 CA Champions International 74 CAG Conagra Foods 75 CAH cardinal health 76 CAM cameron international 77 CAT Caterpillar 78 CB Chubb Group 79 CBG CB Richard Ellis 80 CBS Columbia Broadcasting 81 CCE The Coca-Cola Company 82 CCL Carnival Cruises-co 83 CEP United Energy 84 CELG celgene 85 CEPH cephalon (suspended) 86 CERN cerner 87 CF CF Industrial Holdings 88 CFN carefusion 89 CHK Chesapeake Energy 90 CHRW Robinson Global Logistics 91 CI Cigna 92 CINF Cincinnati Finance 93 CL Colgate-Palmolive 94 CLF cliffs Natural Resources 95 CLX clorox 96 CMA comerica 97 CMCSA Comcast 98 CME Chicago Exchange 99 CMG chipotle Mexican grill 100 CMI Cummins 101 CMS CMS Energy 102 CNP Midpoint Energy 103 CNX consol energy 104 COF First Capital Finance 105 COG cabot oil & gas 106 COH coach 107 COL Rockwell Collins 108 COP ConocoPhillips 109 COST Costco 110 COV covidien plc 111 CPB Campbell Soup 112 CPWR Compusoft 113 CRM salesforce 114 CSC Computer System Consulting 115 CSCO Cisco 116 CSX CSX Shipping 117 CTAS cintas 118 CTL Century Telecom 119 CTSH Cognizant Technology 120 CTXS Citrix System 121 CVC Cable TV System 122 CVH coventry health care 123 CVS CVS caremark 124 CVX Chevron 125 D Dominic resources 126 DD DuPont 127 DE Deere 128 DELL 129 DF Dean Food 130 DFS Discovery Financial Services 131 DGX Quest 132 DHI DRhorton 133 DHR Danaher 134 DIS Walt Disney 135 DISCA Discovery Communication-A 136 DNB Dun & Bradstreet 137 DNR denbury resources 138 DO diamond offshore drilling 139 DOV dover 140 DOW The Dow Chemical 141 DPS dr pepper snapple group 142 DRI Darden Hotel 143 DTE DTE Energy 144 DTV directv 145 DUK Duke Energy 146 DV devry 147 DVA davita 148 DVN Devon Energy 149 EBAY EBAY 150 ECL Ecolab Chemical 151 ED United Edison 152 EFX equifax 153 EIX Edison International 154 EL Estee Lauder 155 EMC EMC Corporation 156 EMN Eastman Chemical 157 EMR Emerson Electric 158 EOG EOG Resources 159 EP El Paso Energy (suspended) 160 EQR Apartment Property Equity Trust 161 EQT EQT corp 162 EA Electronic Arts 163 ESRX Quick Recipe 164 ETFC E trade 165 ETN Eaton Corporation 166 ETR Antequera 167 EW Edwards Life Sciences 168 EXC Exxon Power 169 EXPD expeditors international of was 170 EXPE expedia 171 F Ford 172 FAST fastenal 173 FCX Freeport Mike Murren 174 FDO Family Dollar Store 175 FDX FedEx 176 FE First Energy 177 FFIV F5 network 178 FHN First Horizon Bank 179 FII Joint Investment 180 FIS Fidelity National Information Service 181 FISV fiserv 182 FITB May Third Bank 183 FLIR FLIR systems 184 FLR 185 FLS Flowserve Corporation 186 FMC FMC 187 FO Fujun Brand (Suspended) 188 FRX Forest Lab 189 FSLR First Solar 190 FTI fmc technologies 191 FTR Frontline Media 192 GAS nicor 193 GCI Gannett 194 GD General Dynamics 195 GE General Electric 196 GILD Gilead Science 197 GIS General Mill 198 GLW Corning 199 GME gamestop 200 GNW genworth Finance 201 GOOG Google 202 GPC Pure Brand Parts 203 GPS 204 GDP Goodrich 205 GS Goldman Sachs 206 GT Goodyear Tire 207 GWW WW Granger 208 HAL Halliburton 209 HAR Harman International Industries 210 HAS Hasbro 211 HBAN Huntington Financial Report 212 HCBK Hudson City Bank 213 HCN Healthcare Real Estate Trust 214 HCP HCP Real Estate Trust 215 HD Home Depot 216 HES 217 HIG Hartford Financial Services 218 HNZ 219 HOG Harley-Davidson 220 HON Honeywell International 221 HOT Starwood Hotel 222 HP Helmeric & Payne 223 HPQ Hewlett-Packard Company 224 HRB H & R Bullock 225 HRL Hormel 226 HRS Harris 227 HSP hospira 228 HST host hotel and fake village 229 HSY Hershey 230 HUM Hammena 231 IBM IBM 232 ICE Intercontinental Exchange 233 IFF International Fragrance 234 IGT International Gaming Technology 235 INTC Intel 236 INTU Intuition Software 237 IP International Paper 238 IPG 239 IR Ingersoll Rand 240 IRM Iron Mountain 241 ISRG intuitive surgical 242 ITT ITT Technology 243 ITW Illinois Tools 244 IVZ Invesco 245 JBL Jabil Electronics 246 JCI Johnson Controls 247 JCP JC Penny 248 JDSU 249 JEC Jacobs Engineering 250 JNJ Johnson & Johnson 251 JNPR Juniper Networks 252 JNS Junli Asset Management 253 JOY Joy Global 254 JPM JPMorgan Chase 255 JWN Nordstrom 256 K Kellogg's 257 KEY keycorp 258 KFT Kraft Foods 259 KIM Kimco Real Estate Trust 260 KLAC Cotian Semiconductor 261 KMB Kimberly-Clark 262 KMX carmax inc 263 KO Coca-Cola 264 KR Kroger 265 KSS 266 L Lowes Insurance 267 LEG Leggett Group 268 LEN Lena Real Estate 269 LH American Laboratory 270 LIFE 271 LLL L-3 Communications Holdings 272 LLTC Linlierte 273 LLY Eli Lilly 274 LM Legg Mason Group 275 LMT Lockheed Martin 276 LNC Lincoln Nationals 277 LO Lorillard Tobacco 278 LOW Lowe 279 LSI LSI Electronics 280 LTD Limited Brand Clothing 281 LUK Leicadia 282 LUV Southwest Airlines 283 LXK Lexmark International 284 M Macy's 285 MA Mastercard 286 MAR Marriott International 287 MAS Musco 288 MAT 289 McDonald's 290 MCHP Microchip Technology 291 MCK Maxson 292 MCO Moody 293 MDT Medtronic 294 MET Metropolitan Insurance 295 MHP McGraw-Hill 296 MHS Meco Healthcare (Suspended) 297 MJN Mead Johnson 298 MKC So delicious 299 MMC marsh & mclennan 300 MMI Motorola Mobile 301 MMM Minnesota Manufacturing 302 MO Gotley 303 MOLX 304 MON Monsanto 305 MRK Merck 306 MRO Marathon Oil 307 MS Morgan Stanley 308 MSFT Microsoft 309 MSI Motorola Solutions 310 MTB M & T Bank 311 MU Micron Technology 312 MUR Murphy Oil 313 MWV 314 MWW Universal Monsters 315 MYL Mylan Lab 316 NBL Noble Energy 317 NBR Nabos Industries 318 NDAQ Nasdaq OMX 319 NE Noble Drilling 320 NEE nextera Energy 321 NEM Newmont Mining 322 NFLX Netflix 323 NFX Xintian Petroleum 324 NI Nisos 325 NKE Nike 326 NOC Northrop Grumman 327 NOV National Oilwell Waco 328 NRG NRG Energy 329 NSC Norfolk South 330 NSM National Semiconductor 331 NTAP Domain Storage Technology 332 NTRS North American Trust 333 NU Northeast Utilities 334 NUE Nucor Steel 335 NVDA 336 NVLS Nuofa System (suspended) 337 NWL Newell Rubber 338 NWSA News Corporation-CLASS A 339 NYX Euronext 340 OI Owens Illinois 341 OKE oneok 342 OMC 343 ORCL Oracle 344 ORLY O'Reilly Car 345 OXY Western Petroleum 346 PAYX 347 PBCT People's Union Finance 348 PBI Pitney Bowes 349 PCAR 350 PCG Pacific Gas and Electricity 351 PCL Meixi Wood 352 PCLN priceline 353 PCP compact 354 PCS metropcs communication 355 PDCO Parcent 356 PEG Public Services 357 PEP Pepsi 358 PFE Pfizer 359 PFG Principal Financial 360 PG Procter & Gamble 361 PGN progress energy (suspension) 362 PGR progressive insurance 363 PH Parker Hannifin 364 PHM Pult House 365 PKI Elmer Platinum 366 PLD Prologis inc 367 PLL Pall 368 PM Philip Morris 369 PNC PNC Financial Services 370 PNW pinnacle Western Capital 371 POM pepco 372 PPG PPG Industry 373 PPL PPL Energy 374 PRU Prudential Financial 375 PSA Public Storage Trust 376 PWR quanta services inc 377 PX Praxair 378 PXD Pioneer Natural Resources 379 QCOM Qualcomm 380 QEP QEP resources 381 R Ryder Logistics 382 RAI Renault USA 383 RDC rowan drilling 384 RF Regional Finance 385 RHI robert half 386 RHT Red Hat 387 RL Love Lauren POLO 388 ROK Rockwell Automation 389 ROP roper industries 390 ROST 391 RRC range resources 392 RRD Connery & Sons 393 RSG Republic Service 394 RSH radioshack 395 RTN Thunder 396 S Sprint Nike 397 SAI Scientific Applications 398 SBUX Starbucks 399 SCG scana power 400 SCHW Charles Schwab 401 SE spectra 402 SEE Sealed Air Packaging 403 SHLD Sears Holdings 404 SHW Sherwin Williams 405 SIAL Sigma Aldridge 406 SJM Shengmeijia Food 407 SLB Schlumberger 408 SLE Sally Group (suspended) 409 SLM SLM 410 SNA 411 SNDK Holy Plate 412 SNI Scripps Network Interaction 413 SO Southern Power 414 SPG Simon Property 415 SPLS Staples 416 SRCL stericycle 417 SRE sempra energy 418 STI Sun Trust 419 STJ St. Jude Medical 420 STT State Street 421 STZ Constellation 422 SUN 423 SVU Supermarket 424 SWK Stanley 425 SWN Southwest Energy 426 SWY Safeway 427 SYK Stryker 428 SYMC Symantec 429 SYY Sisko 430 T AT & T 431 TAP Molson Coors 432 TDC teradata 433 TE teco energy 434 TEG integrys energy 435 TER Teradyne 436 TGT Target 437 THC Tenet Medical 438 TIE titanium 439 TIF 440 TJX TJX retail 441 TLAB 442 TMK torchmark 443 TMO Thermo Fisher 444 TROW T Rowe Price 445 TRV Traveler Group 446 TSN Tyson Foods 447 TSO 448 TSS total system services 449 TWC Time Warner Cable 450 TWX Time Warner 451 TXN Texas Instruments 452 TXT Textron 453 TYC Tyco International 454 UNH Joint Health 455 UNM UNUM insurance 456 UNP United Pacific 457 UPS 458 URBN Urban Living Supplies Chain 459 USB United States 460 UTX Joint Technology 461 V Visa card 462 VAR Varian Medical 463 VFC VF Clothing 464 VIA_B Viacom-CLASS B (suspended) 465 VLO Valero Energy 466 VMC vulcan material 467 VNO Real Estate Trust 468 VRSN Verisign 469 VTR ventas 470 VZ Fryson Telecom 471 WAG Walgreens 472 WAT Waters 473 WDC Western Digital 474 WEC Wisconsin Energy 475 WFC Wells Fargo 476 WFM Whole Foods Supermarket 477 WFR memc electronic material 478 WHR Whirlpool 479 WIN windstream 480 WLP wellpoint 481 WM Waste Management 482 WMB Williams 483 WMT Walmart 484 WPI Watson Pharmaceutical 485 WPO Washington Post 486 WU Western Union 487 WY Huihao 488 WYN 489 WYNN Wynn Vacation 490 X American Steel 491 XEL XCEL Energy 492 XL XL Capital 493 XLNX Xilinx 494 XOM ExxonMobil 495 XRAY Dentsply International 496 XRX Xerox 497 YHOO Yahoo 498 YUM Yum! 499 ZION ZIONS Finance 500 ZMH Zimmer Holding
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