The S&P 500 is a stock market index that measures the performance of about 500 companies which includes many of the largest companies in the U.S. It includes companies across 11 sectors and offers a picture of the health of the U.S. stock market and the broader economy. What is S&P 500? Standard and Poor’s [...]
Index trading is a technique that refers to certain methods of determining the true value of stocks. The value varies from country to country, and they have a different index for each stock. Trading indices or indexes are very popular among day traders and long-term traders, often because they have high cash flow and offer [...]
What are Indices ? Indices are a measurement of the price performance of a group of shares from an exchange. For example, the FTSE 100 tracks the 100 largest companies on the London Stock Exchange. Trading indices enables you to get exposure to an entire economy or sector at once, while only having to open [...]
One of the most important barometers for global currencies is the Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the value of the US Dollar versus a basket of global currencies. It began at an arbitrary 100.000 in March of 1973. The basket of currencies essentially consists of nations that have significant trading relationship with the US and [...]
