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Finance Dictionary and Glossary of Investment Terms
Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipt
Definition 1.
SPDR. Shares of a security designed to track the value of the S&P 500. Spiders trade on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol SPY. One SPDR unit is valued at approximately one-tenth of the value of the S&P 500. Dividends are distributed quarterly, and are based on the accumulated stock dividends held in trust, less any expenses of the trust. also called SPDRs or Spiders.
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