The most-quoted FTSE index is the FTSE 100, which tracks the top 100 companies by market cap in the U.K. If the financial media report that London stocks are up or down, they're talking about the movements of the FTSE 100.<\/p>
The U.S. version of this would be the S&P 500, which tracks the top 500 U.S. companies by market cap, or the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), which tracks 30 prominent U.S. companies.<\/p>" } } , { "@type": "Question", "name": "Can Americans Invest in the FTSE?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "
The easiest way for Americans to invest in the FTSE is by investing in exchange-traded funds that track its indices<\/a>, such as the Vanguard FTSE 100, the Vanguard FTSE 250, the iShares 350 U.K. Equity Index Fund, and the iShares Core FTSE 100.<\/p>"
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"text": " A stock exchange is a company that operates a marketplace where stocks are bought and sold. The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are examples.<\/p> "Stock market" is an umbrella term that refers to all of the stocks that trade in a country or region.<\/p>"
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