S&P 500 - Weighting: Encyclopedia II - S&P 500 - InvestingApart from investing in the individual stocks in the S&P 500, there is also the possibility to invest in an exchange-traded fund (ETF) which represents ownership in a portfolio of the equity securities that comprise the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index. This ETF is called the Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts (SPDRs, pronounced "spiders"), and the ticker symbol is (AMEX:SPY). There is also the lesser-known iShares S&P 500 (AMEX:IVV), which has a lower management expense ratio, but is otherwise identical t ...
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