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S&P 500

High school (ages 12+)
Mathematics & Numbers

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Date: 

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/s-p-500

Step 2 · Questions

  1. 1. How heavy is S&P 500?

  2. 2. What is the index methodology?

  3. 3. What is the administrator?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

  • Stock Market Index

  • Market Capitalization

  • Capitalization-Weighted

  • Equity Indices

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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