SPY — State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY is the best-recognized and oldest US listed ETF and typically tops rankings for largest AUM and greatest trading volume. The fund tracks the massively popular US index, the S&P 500. Few realize that S&P's index committee chooses 500 securities to represent the US large-cap space - not necessarily the 500 largest by market cap, which can lead to some omissions of single names. Still, the index offers outstanding exposure to the US large-cap space. It's important to note, SPY is a unit investment trust, an older but entirely viable structure. As a UIT, SPY must fully replicate its index (it probably would anyway) and forgo the small risk and reward of securities lending. It also can`t reinvest portfolio dividends between distributions, the resulting cash drag will slightly hurt performance in up markets and help in downtrends. SPY is a favored vanilla trading vehicle.
Company profile
- Sector: Financial Services
- Industry: Asset Management
- Country: US
- Exchange: AMEX
- Website: https://www.ssga.com/au/en_gb/intermediary/etfs/state-street-spdr-sp-500-etf-spy
Latest SEC filings for SPY
Latest SPY news
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- — Stock volatility surge reinstates U.S. Treasurys as hedges - Nomura (seekingalpha_market)
- — AI bust could trigger 30% S&P 500 plunge, $20T wipeout - TS Lombard (seekingalpha_market)
Educational tool only — not investment advice.