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The S&P 500 represents a broad cross-section of the U.S. equity market, including common stocks traded on U.S. exchanges.  \nWhat's inside the S&P 500?  \nS&P Dow Jones Indices identifies important industries within the U.S. equity market, approximates the  \nrelative weight of these industries in terms of market capitalization, and then allocates a representative sample of stocks within each industry to the S&P 500.There are 11 sectors according to the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®)*: Energy, Materials, Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Health Care, Financials, Information Technology, Communication Services, Real Estate, and Utilities. These sectors are further divided into 24 industry groups, 69 industries, and 158 sub-industries.  \nThe S&P 500 represents more than 83% of the total domestic U.S. equity market capitalization. The  \nS&P Composite 1500® , which comprises the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400® , and S&PSmallCap 600® , represents over 90% of the S&PTMI (Total Market Index) .**  \nThe largest companies (based on market capitalization) in the S&P 500 account for a substantial portion of its total market capitalization. Since the index is marketcapitalization-weighted, these companies have the greatest influence on the index’s price performance.  \nAmong the largest companies (in alphabetical order): [Amazon.com](Amazon.com) , Alphabet Inc. , Apple Inc. , Johnson & Johnson, and Microsoft Corp. Keep in mind that stocks’prices and number of shares outstanding are constantly changing, so the compositionof any grouping may change from time to time. To reiterate, the S&P 500 seeks to represent the leading companies in leading industries. While many of these companies may be household names, broad popular familiarity is not a requirement. That means that the index also includes lesser-known companies, so long as they meet the criteria for index inclusion. To be eligible for S&P 500 index inclusion, a company should be a U.S. company, have a market capitalization of at least USD 8.2 billion, be highly liquid, have a public float of at least 50% of its shares outstanding, and its most recent quarter’s earnings and the sum of its trailing four consecutive quarters’ earnings must be positive. Complete details of index inclusion and exclusion criteria are available under the Index Methodology and Policy section of the [website at www.spdji.com](website at www.spdji.com).  \nHistory  \nThe origin of the S&P 500 goes back to 1923, when Standard & Poor’s introduced a series of indices that included 233 companies and covered 26 industries. The S&P 500, as it is now known, was introduced in 1957. The S&P 500 is highly regarded as a proxy for the U.S. equity market and it is the only stock market benchmark serving as an economic indicator in The Conference Board Leading Economic Index. It has stood for U.S. stock market performance in that context since 1968.  \nIndex Committee  \nThe S&P 500 is maintained by the U.S. Index Committee. All committee members are full-time professional members of S&P Dow Jones Indices’ staff. The committee meets monthly. At each meeting, the Index Committee reviews pending corporate actions that may affect index constituents, statistics comparing the composition of the indices to the market, companies that are being considered as candidates for addition to an index, and any significant market events. In addition, the Index Committee may revise index policy covering rules for selecting companies, treatment of dividends, share counts, or other matters. 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