S&P Dow Jones Indices is home to the iconic S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrials Average and provides hundreds of thousands of independent indices. Our indices give investors the ability to understand where markets are moving, measure the performance of their investments, and take advantage of low-cost investment products that have saved over an estimated $250 billion.
An index is a group or basket of securities or other financial instruments that represent and measure the performance of a specific market, asset class, sector, or investment strategy.