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Charts and Coffee Blog  Jan 27  Comment 
FXI has made a definitive break below its 200 DMA. In fact, it is down about another 1% in the pre-market this morning. The next logical magnet for price is the 300 DMA although I would expect to see a lower high before it goes much lower. All...
Blue Grass Portfolio  Jan 20  Comment 
The S&P 500 SPDR ETF (NYSE:SPY), though not yet even close to falling out of its recent bullish trading range, may have just done something far more alarming. The support line that extends back to July (and arguably to March's bottom) failed to...
Samurai Trader  Jan 15  Comment 
Here is today's unusual options trading, from whatstrading.com. Also check this interesting article on a very smart put writer. I actually didn't do much in the options this month. Since investopedia's simulator doesn't allow writing options,...
Charts and Coffee Blog  Jan 15  Comment 
I’m not going to step into a market on a Friday before a long weekend, but my best guess is that at 1:10 EST we are about at the lows for the day. We’re hitting the 20 DMAs on QQQQ, DIA, SPY and IWM.  The QQQQs are trading just below the 20...
The Technical Take  Jan 14  Comment 
It has been many months since I have looked at the key price levels on the ETF's that represent the major market indices. This used to be a regular feature back in the early days of this rally. I have recently renewed my interest in this...
Scott's Investments  Jan 10  Comment 
Back on October 15th I featured what Adam Hewison of MarketClub deemed the 'Perfect Portfolio' for the next 36 months.  The Portfolio consists of four ETFs--SPY, USO, GLD, and FXE--in order to make it affordable for portfolios of all sizes.  The...
Hedge Accordingly  Jan 6  Comment 
I put this chart together after quite a bit of squinting last night. (Monthly) The chart is very rough and very speculative but has given me and hopefully you a good visual representation of the next five years trend. What makes this chart so...
Naked Hedge Fund  Jan 3  Comment 
Naked Hedge Fund Weekly report. PDF on post.
Naked Hedge Fund  Dec 31  Comment 
A lot of happy people out there... or so it seems. The green shoots have bloomed into amazing profits at banks and a 60%+ rally in the market from the dark lows. I'll admit I've been a happy camper as well closing in on a yearly return of 35%+...
Erik's market view  Dec 29  Comment 
There is no santa rally There is no extra juice on the "end of year window dressing" You want to know why the SPY has been up 27 of the past 29 Decembers in which the spy was up for that given year???  TAXES.  B/C people prefer to avoid them...



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The SPDR Trust Series I (NYSE: SPY) is an exchange traded fund (ETF) that tracks the performance of the S&P 500 index. The fund is managed by the State Street Global Advisors and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Shares in the fund can be bought through any licensed Series 6 stock broker.

Each unit (share) of the fund is priced to reflect 1/10 of the value of the S&P 500 index. The shares trade continuously on the market. They pay the aggregate dividend of the companies in the S&P 500 index.

The acronym SPDR stands for Standard and Poor's Depository Receipt.

S&P 500 Index

The Standard and Poors 500 Index is considered representative of the overall U.S. stock market. It consists of 500 companies in 26 sectors to cover the bulk of American business. The value of each company in the index is proportional to its relative market capitalization.

Investment value of SPY shares

  • SPY can be used as a low-cost passive investment for those who want to track the overall market and believe active management rarely beats the indexes. Expenses of 0.10% make SPDRs cost efficient.
  • Institutional and individual investors and traders can use SPY to speculate on the direction of the overall market. SPY shares can be bought on margin and sold short.
  • SPY has options traded at 1 point increments. SPY options have large open interest and narrow spreads for most strike prices.

Other S&P 500 ETFs

ETF Name Fund Manager Expense Ratio
CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index ETN (BWV)Barclays Bank0.75%
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio ETF (PBP)Invesco PowerShares0.75%
iShares S&P 500 Growth Index Fund (IVW)ishares0.18%
iShares S&P 500 Index Fund (IVV)ishares0.09%
iShares S&P 500 Value Index Fund (IVE)ishares0.18%
ProShares Short S&P 500 ETF (SH)InvescoPoweshares0.95%
ProShares Ultra S&P 500 ETF (SSO)InvescoPoweshares0.95%
ProShares UltraShort S&P 500 ETF (SDS)ProShares ETFs0.91%
ProShares UltraShort S&P 500 ETF (SDS)ProShares ETFs0.91%
Rydex 2x S&P 500 ETF (RSU)Rydex ETF Trust0.70%
Rydex Inverse 2x S&P 500 ETF (RSW)Rydex ETF Trust0.70%
Rydex Inverse 2x S&P 500 ETF (RSW)Rydex ETF Trust0.70%
Rydex S&P 500 Pure Growth ETF (RPG)Rydex ETF Trust0.35%
Rydex S&P 500 Pure Value ETF (RPV)Rydex ETF Trust0.35%
SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)State Street Global Markets, LLC0.10%
iShares S&P 500 ETF (IUSA-LSE)iShares0.40%

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