SPY

[Bill Baxter]

Why do those things pay dividends?
--bb


On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Walter Bright
<newshound2 at digitalmars.com>wrote:

> On 6/13/2013 12:56 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:10:06 -0400, Walter Bright <
>> newshound2 at digitalmars.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  On 6/13/2013 11:25 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>>
>>>> I meant much simpler to predict/easier to come out ahead.  Sheesh, so
>>>> much
>>>> literalism here :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm going to disagree with that one, too!
>>>
>>> Consider an S&P 500 index stock, like SPY. It's:
>>>
>>
>> If you want to compare ONE SPECIFIC stock to ALL POSSIBLE HOUSES, yes I'm
>> sure
>> we can find some examples in your favor.  Shall I respond by comparing ALL
>> POSSIBLE STOCKS against a town whose houses have gained value for the
>> last 50
>> years?
>>
>
> If you can show me an index fund on real estate, by all means!
>
> BTW, SPY isn't a company. It is a tracker of the S&P 500, meaning it's 500
> stocks in one package. QQQ is the one for the Nasdaq, and DIA For the Dow
> 30.
>
> http://investing.money.msn.**com/investments/etf-list/?**
> symbol=spy&ocid=qbeb<http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/etf-list/?symbol=spy&ocid=qbeb>
>
> "The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses,
> generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500
> Index. The Trust holds the Portfolio and cash and is not actively "managed"
> by traditional methods. To maintain the correspondence between the
> composition and weightings of Portfolio Securities and component stocks of
> the S&P 500 Index ("Index Securities"), the Trustee adjusts the Portfolio
> from time to time to conform to periodic changes in the identity and/or
> relative weightings of Index Securities."
>
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