Standard & Poors 500 index
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http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=%5EGSPC
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Try this one: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SYMX.PK
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Look up stock symbol  BBBB\nThey have evrything.
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go to yahoo finance, then look at the 5 year chart and look for splits. other wise go to one of the sub categories on the left until you fine " last split" and it will show the date
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Right now, the S&P 500 is up 151.47 or 12.1% through Thu.\n\nYou can track it a number of places.  In addition to most newspapers, CNBC often talks about where it is YTD as well.\n\nAs for websites, I use prophet.net mostly.  But here are links to Yahoo where you can keep up with it daily with daily quotes and historical quotes.\n\nCurrent\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%5Espx\n\nHistorical\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=%5EGSPC\n\nHope that helps!
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There are different companies that comprise the index. The BSE Index has only a few companies in it whose share prices matter for the calculation, The NSE Indices arte borader hnad have more company share prices to calculate it
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Vanguard Mutual funds has the lowest expenses for an S&P 500 index.  Buy it as a mutual fund, not through their brokerage (a brokerage acct is for when you have more money and want to buy stocks, or a lot of different mutual funds.)  Minimum purchase is $3000.  \nFor your IRA, I like the T.Rowe Price retirement fund keyed to your expected year of retirement. (again, this is a mutual fund)  Those can be started with as little as $1000 and $100/month automatic investment from your bank acct.  Call them for more information, both companies are very easy to talk to.\n\nI am not and have never been associated with either company except as a customer and have no relatives or friend who are employed by them.
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What timeframe are you interested in trading it?  Long term (> 3 mo) or shorter term?\n\nBTW, BSC is in a strong sector which just broke out again last week.  GS is one of the leaders in the sector and went from 184 to over 199 in about a week.\n\nI'll add more later once I get a better feel what you're looking for.\n\nNov 21, 2006
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You going to have to go on yahoo or google and get that. Also get yo a subscription to wallstreet journal. It has all that sutff on their website, but you have to look for it.
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check this webisite for more understanding\nhttp://www.investopedia.com/articles/trading/04/031704.asp
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It is simply a mutual or exchange traded fund that invests in the securities that are part of a specific index, like the S&P 500 or Dow Jones Industrials.
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The standard reference is:  Ibbotson Associates' Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation.  It is updated annually.  The answer is 10.4% for stocks from 1926-2004.  3.8% for 1 month T-bills. The book costs $110 dollars, but you can find websites that use the Ibbotson data like these:
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try http://www.5dollar.nl/member/1735/
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Historical quotes:\n\nhttp://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/
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Well if you are going long term (5-15 yrs) why not go to something like Spiders (SPDR).  Every share is 1/10 of the S&P index.  No individual sector is going to be able to hold up over the long term.
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Your best bet is to buy S&P DEP RECEIPTS (Symbol SPY).  they give you the diversity of the S&P 500 index.
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Stock market indices are calculated from the quotes of the stocks of which they are composed. It is therefore a sort of average. If an index rose 1% to 445, then it just means that this average stock price rose one percent.\n\nThe number of stocks included and the exact way the calculation is done, is different from one index to another. \n\nFor instance:  the Dow Jones is composed of 30 stocks, the 30 biggest companies in the US and the value is just the sum of the of the values of the composants, multiplied by a suitable number.\n\nThe SP 500 contains (you guessed it) 500 stocks, weighted by their size, and is therefore more representative for the economy as a whole.\n\nOther indices take also in account the number of stocks in circulation, the amount of stocks exchanged each day, etc.