The FTSE China A50 Index tracks the top 50 companies listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges. Launched in 2003 by FTSE Russell, it provides exposure to China’s most influential A-share companies. Traders and investors use this index to

Hang Seng Index Company Limited, a fully-owned subsidiary of Hang Seng Bank, is the owner and manager of HSI. The Hong Seng Index (HSI) is a Hong Kong stock market index that is weighted by market capitalisation and corrected for

The IBEX 35 is Spain’s benchmark stock market index. It tracks the performance of the 35 most liquid companies listed on the Bolsa de Madrid. As a capitalization-weighted index, companies with larger market values have a greater impact on its

A mutual fund is a business that aggregates the capital of numerous investors and uses it to purchase stocks, bonds, and short-term debt. The mutual fund’s entire holdings are referred to as its portfolio. Investors purchase mutual fund shares. Each

The NASDAQ 100 is a stock market index that includes 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. Businesses from a variety of sectors, including manufacturing, technology, healthcare, and others, are included in the index. Financial

The NASDAQ Composite is one of the most widely followed stock market indices in the world. It tracks the performance of thousands of stocks listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange, including major technology companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon. Understanding

The Nikkei 225 ( NI225) is Japan’s premier stock market index, tracking the performance of the top 225 publicly traded companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). It serves as a benchmark for Japan’s stock market and reflects the overall

The Russell 2000 Index (RUT) is a stock market index that tracks 2,000 small-cap companies in the United States. It is a key benchmark for measuring the performance of small-cap stocks and is widely used by investors and traders to

The S&P 500 is one of the most widely followed stock market indices in the world. It represents the performance of 500 of the largest publicly traded companies in the United States. Investors and traders use it to gauge the

A Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) is a publicly traded company created specifically to acquire or merge with a private company. SPACs do not have any commercial operations when they go public. Rather, they use an initial public offering (IPO) to generate money with the intention of purchasing a target company within a predetermined window of time, typically 18 to 24 months. With this type of business structure, investors can put money into a fund that will be used to buy one or more unnamed  companies that will be determined following the initial public offering. As a result, the term “blank-check company” is frequently used in the media to describe this type of shell firm structure. After the SPAC