March 2020 - the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 10 percent due to the coronavirus, a respiratory infection that started in China. SPY is an ETF for the Standard and Poor's 500. The price has dropped from 339.08 in February 2020 to 302 on March 5, 2020. The dividend yield is 1.9 percent. However in 2015, the stock had $4 in dividends and the price was near 200 , a similar yield. Schwab US Broad Market ETF SCHB tracks the 2500 largest stocks in the market. It's dropped from 82 to 72 and has a 1.96 percent yield. Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and Alphabet account for about 15% of the holdings but it also has small cap stocks. It has exposure to the growth in small cap or mid cap stocks that can become the next Microsoft or Google. #stocks
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