Investment

The S&P 500 Index, launched in 1957, is a well known benchmark which measures the performance of 500 leading companies in United States and covers approximately 80% of the available market capitalization. This includes top global companies like Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Amazon, Meta, Tesla, Berkshire Hathaway, Home Depot, Visa, etc.

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index, launched in 1988, is a well known benchmark which measures the performance of equity markets across 24 developing countries, which is nearly 11% of the global investable equity market. It currently consists of around 1,400 large and mid-cap companies from these emerging economies, with China accounting for 30% of them.

While traditional investors are chasing the AI craze, The world’s biggest asset manager applied for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), so investors can get exposure to the cryptocurrency.