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Stock Market
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE):
- The largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization.
- It houses many blue-chip companies like Coca-Cola, IBM, and ExxonMobil.
Nasdaq Stock Market:
- It is known for its high concentration of technology companies.
- It features companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon.
Famous Indexes
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) (The Dow)
It is composed of 30 large, publicly traded companies
S&P 500 (Standard & Poor's 500)
- It tracks 500 of the largest publicly traded companies in the US.
- It represents about 80% of the total US stock market capitalization.
Russell 2000
- It represents 2,000 small-cap companies.
- It tracks the performance of smaller companies in the US economy.
Nasdaq Composite
It includes more than 3,000 stocks listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
NYSE Composite
- It represents all stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange
- It includes a mix of US and international companies.
Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index
- It covers all publicly traded U.S. stocks
- It is one of the broadest measure of the U.S. equity market
Key Terms
Fractional Shares:
It is less than one full share of a company. Instead of buying 1 whole share, you can buy 0.5, 0.25, or even 0.001 of a share.
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