Market Education · Section 04
Major Indexes & ETFs
SPY, QQQ, DIA, IWM and the sector ETFs: what each represents, what moves it, and when traders watch it.
8 lessons · 8 topics
- Education
- Market Education
- Major Indexes & ETFs
Major Indexes & ETFsIndexes & ETFsS&P 500 / SPYFive hundred large U.S. companies, weighted by size. The benchmark everything is compared to.
Major Indexes & ETFsIndexes & ETFsNasdaq-100 / QQQOne hundred of the largest non-financial Nasdaq companies — the growth and technology barometer.
Major Indexes & ETFsIndexes & ETFsDow / DIAThirty household names, weighted by price, not size — and why that matters.
Major Indexes & ETFsIndexes & ETFsRussell 2000 / IWMTwo thousand smaller companies; the market's read on domestic risk appetite.
Major Indexes & ETFsIndexes & ETFsSector ETFsThe eleven SPDR sector funds and how traders use them to read rotation.
Major Indexes & ETFsIndexes & ETFsWhat Each RepresentsSame market, four very different lenses — and the companies each index leaves out.
Major Indexes & ETFsIndexes & ETFsWhat Moves Each OneRates, earnings, the dollar, growth expectations — which index reacts to which.
Major Indexes & ETFsIndexes & ETFsWhen Traders Watch ThemThe open, the close, the Fed, earnings season: the moments index behaviour matters most.