The Standard and Poor’s Stock Market Index

Standard & Poor’s in involved in financial research and analysis.

Standard & Poor’s is best know for the US stock market index, the S&P 500, the Australian S&P/ASX 200 stock market index, and the Canadian S&P/TSX.

Standard & Poor’s researches stocks, bonds and other finance related investments.

The company’s clients include professionals, financial institutions, corporations, financial advisors, and individual investors across the world. It is a very popular US stock market index, along with the DOW and the NASDAQ

You can see a live quote and chart for the Standard & Poor’s 500 below.