A sector-specific benchmark that bundles large- and mid-cap health-care companies from 23 developed markets, thereby offering investors a single, globally diversified snapshot of everything from blockbuster drugmakers to cutting-edge medical-device suppliers. 1. Why the Index Matters First and foremost, health-care…
Benchmarks that carve global markets into drugmakers, medical-device innovators, biotech researchers and healthcare-service providers—thus enabling investors to track, compare, and allocate capital to one of the world’s most defensive, yet constantly innovating, industries. 1. Why Healthcare Gets Its Own Indices…
Measures the performance of companies worldwide whose primary business lines generate power, technology or equipment for renewable and low-carbon energy—thus providing investors a focused, investible gauge of the energy-transition opportunity set. S&P Global 1. Purpose and Evolution Launched in 2007,…
Carbon-free or low-carbon power derived from naturally replenished resources—chiefly sunlight, wind, water, geothermal heat and sustainable biomass—green energy underpins the global push toward net-zero emissions and, therefore, a more resilient climate. 1. Core Technologies Source How It Generates Power 2025…
A sector slice of the S&P 500 that captures U.S. banks, insurers, asset managers and credit‑card networks, the S&P 500 Financials Index (ticker S5FINL) lets investors track—and, if desired, trade—the collective fortunes of Wall Street in a single number. 1. Snapshot (May 2025) To begin…
The KBW Nasdaq Bank Index—better known by its ticker BKX—tracks 24 of the largest, most liquid U.S. money‑center, regional‑bank and thrift stocks. Consequently, it serves as Wall Street’s real‑time pulse of the domestic banking sector. Nasdaq Global Index Watch 1. Why It Matters…