Standard and Poors 500 Law & Legal Definition

Standard & Poor's 500 is a value-weighted index of 500 major U.S. corporations. There are 400 industrial firms, 20 transportation firms, 40 utilities, and 40 financial firms. Standard & Poor's is one of the world's foremost providers of independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research, data and valuations.

Standard & Poor's creates standards for the financial industry, including ratings, among others, for the following:

• * Securitized financings
• * Bond insured transactions
• * Letters of credit
• * The financial strength of non-U.S. insurance companies
• * Bank holding companies
• * Financial guaranty companies

Some of their other offerings include:

• * Index tracking systems
• * Exchange Traded Funds
• * A database standardizing information on publicly-traded companies, enabling financial professionals to readily make comparisons across categories
• * A series of web-based services that support analytical, planning, and investment professionals globally.

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