📊 What is a stock index and why should you know it?

A stock index is an indicator that reflects the behavior of a set of representative stocks from a market or economic sector. It is like a thermometer for the economy.

🔹 Famous examples:

• S&P 500: measures the performance of 500 large companies in the U.S.

• NASDAQ: focused on technology and fast-growing companies.

• Dow Jones: includes 30 key industrial companies.

• IBEX 35: main index of the Spanish stock market.

• Bovespa: reflects the stock market of Brazil.

🔍 What is it for?

• Helps investors understand how the market is doing.

• Used as a reference for investment funds.

• Indicates economic trends at a local or global level.

💡 Useful fact: If you invest in index funds, you are betting on the performance of the entire market, not just a single company.

Investing with information = investing intelligently. 📈

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