{"id":484,"date":"2023-08-10T17:11:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T17:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advisor.wellington-altus.ca\/blairadrianwealthadvisory\/?p=484"},"modified":"2023-08-11T15:02:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T15:02:57","slug":"visualizing-the-sp-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advisor.wellington-altus.ca\/blairadrianwealthadvisory\/2023\/08\/10\/visualizing-the-sp-500\/","title":{"rendered":"Visualizing the S&#038;P 500"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clients sometime ask about the S&amp;P 500 and whether or not they are or should be invested in it.\u00a0 The S&amp;P 500 is an index of the largest 500 companies in the Unites States stock market, the largest market in the world.\u00a0 Together, S&amp;P 500 companies hold $7.1 trillion in assets and account for close to 80% of available market capitalization.\u00a0 (Visual Capitalist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/complete-breakdown-of-sp-500-companies\/\">https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/complete-breakdown-of-sp-500-companies\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>A large benefit of owning assets in the US stock market is the diversification in sectors you can\u2019t access in Canada:\u00a0 think technology, health care, and consumer discretionary for example.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a great visual which shows both the sectors and the makeup of each sector in the index.\u00a0 In your portfolio, you may hold the entire S&amp;P 500 directly via an ETF which tracks the index, you may hold sector ETFs (technology or health care), and\/or you may even hold some of the individual names within these sectors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/advisor.wellington-altus.ca\/blairadrianwealthadvisory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2023\/08\/A-Complete-Breakdown-of-SP-500-Companies.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-485 \" src=\"https:\/\/advisor.wellington-altus.ca\/blairadrianwealthadvisory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2023\/08\/A-Complete-Breakdown-of-SP-500-Companies.jpg\" alt=\"A Complete Breakdown of SP 500 Companies\" width=\"775\" height=\"1512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advisor.wellington-altus.ca\/blairadrianwealthadvisory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2023\/08\/A-Complete-Breakdown-of-SP-500-Companies.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/advisor.wellington-altus.ca\/blairadrianwealthadvisory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2023\/08\/A-Complete-Breakdown-of-SP-500-Companies-154x300.jpg 154w, https:\/\/advisor.wellington-altus.ca\/blairadrianwealthadvisory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2023\/08\/A-Complete-Breakdown-of-SP-500-Companies-525x1024.jpg 525w, https:\/\/advisor.wellington-altus.ca\/blairadrianwealthadvisory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2023\/08\/A-Complete-Breakdown-of-SP-500-Companies-768x1499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/advisor.wellington-altus.ca\/blairadrianwealthadvisory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2023\/08\/A-Complete-Breakdown-of-SP-500-Companies-787x1536.jpg 787w, https:\/\/advisor.wellington-altus.ca\/blairadrianwealthadvisory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2023\/08\/A-Complete-Breakdown-of-SP-500-Companies-1049x2048.jpg 1049w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Visual Capitalist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/complete-breakdown-of-sp-500-companies\/\">https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/complete-breakdown-of-sp-500-companies\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clients sometime ask about the S&#038;P 500 and whether or not they are or should be invested in it.\u00a0 The S&#038;P 500 is an index of the largest 500 companies in the Unites States stock market, the largest market in the world.\u00a0 Together, S&#038;P 500 companies hold $7.1 trillion in assets and account for close to 80% of 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