Why do those things pay dividends? --bb
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Walter Bright <[email protected]>wrote: > On 6/13/2013 12:56 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > >> On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:10:06 -0400, Walter Bright < >> [email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> On 6/13/2013 11:25 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: >>> >>>> I meant much simpler to predict/easier to come out ahead. Sheesh, so >>>> much >>>> literalism here :) >>>> >>> >>> I'm going to disagree with that one, too! >>> >>> Consider an S&P 500 index stock, like SPY. It's: >>> >> >> If you want to compare ONE SPECIFIC stock to ALL POSSIBLE HOUSES, yes I'm >> sure >> we can find some examples in your favor. Shall I respond by comparing ALL >> POSSIBLE STOCKS against a town whose houses have gained value for the >> last 50 >> years? >> > > If you can show me an index fund on real estate, by all means! > > BTW, SPY isn't a company. It is a tracker of the S&P 500, meaning it's 500 > stocks in one package. QQQ is the one for the Nasdaq, and DIA For the Dow > 30. > > http://investing.money.msn.**com/investments/etf-list/?** > symbol=spy&ocid=qbeb<http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/etf-list/?symbol=spy&ocid=qbeb> > > "The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, > generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500 > Index. The Trust holds the Portfolio and cash and is not actively "managed" > by traditional methods. To maintain the correspondence between the > composition and weightings of Portfolio Securities and component stocks of > the S&P 500 Index ("Index Securities"), the Trustee adjusts the Portfolio > from time to time to conform to periodic changes in the identity and/or > relative weightings of Index Securities." >
