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Standard & Poor's also well known as S&P is a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.After acquired by McGraw-Hill over a century ago,S&P has become the world's leading credit ratings,rish management,investment valuation firm.

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Q:What is S&P 500 index?

A: An index consisting of 500 stocks in leading industries of the U.S. Economy to reflect the equity market trading risk/return.

Q:Compare to Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA),which one is better?

A:There is only 30 largest cap company in DJIA,Every stocks in DJIA also include in S&P500.S&P 500 is using the valuations models to measue market asset.

The data published by Standard & Poor's include stocks ,mutual funds,bonds almost covering every region of the globe.S&P 500 is a price measured by Market Capitalization.