Component Companies of Popular ETFs
The stock option strategy conducted at BoomersInvesting.com does best if a broad-based ETF is used as the underlying rather than an individual stock. Since ETFs are composed of many companies, they are not as volatile as individual stocks are likely to be. (Extreme volatility is the Darth Vader of our 10K Options Strategy).
We have listed the component companies of many popular ETFs as well as a ranking by their approximate relative weights for each ETF. Of course, ETFs change in composition and weighting over time (as companies are delisted, merge, or grow faster than others in the ETF). The weights indicated here should be considered as approximate, although we do update them on a regular basis.
S&P 500 (SPY) Component Companies
The S&P 500 is a broad-based index of the 500 largest American companies, and is considered by many people to be “the” domestic stock market. We have listed all 500 companies two ways – alphabetically, and by their relative weighting in the index, starting with the largest.
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Financial SPDR (XLF) Component Companies
The Financial SPDR (XLF) is an ETF made up of 84 companies in the world of banking and finance, including giants such as JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, and Goldman Sachs. We have listed the 84 companies both by their weight in the index and alphabetically for easy reference.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average, also called the Industrial Average, the Dow Jones, the Dow 30, or simply the Dow, presently consists of several 30 large, publicly owned companies. We have listed the companies both by their weight in the index and alphabetically for easy reference.
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The NASDAQ-100 (QQQQ) is a stock market index of 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ. It is a weighted index based on market capitalizations. It does not contain financial companies, and includes companies incorporated outside the United States. Both of those factors differentiate it from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA), and the exclusion of financial companies distinguishes it from the S&P 500 Index (SPY). We have listed the companies both by their weight in the index and alphabetically for easy reference.
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