Industries such as automobiles and components, consumer durables, apparel, hotels, restaurants, leisure, media, and retailing are primarily represented in this group. The Index includes McDonald's, Walt Disney Co., and Comcast.
Note: The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR was known as the Cyclical/Transportation Select Sector SPDR until June 24, 2002.
Stock Snapshot FAQs
Q: How do I find a stock or fund I am looking for?
A: If you know the stock or fund's ticker symbol, you can enter it directly. If you don't know the symbol for the security you have in mind, you can enter the name or a portion of the name to search for it. If you're not sure of the exact name or spelling, you can use wild cards: An * is an all-purpose wild card. If you're looking for a company whose name contains "technology" or "tech", you might use a wildcard like this "tech*", and your search will result in companies whose names contain tech plus any other combination of letters. You can also use _ as a single-character wildcard. For example, if you're not sure whether the company spells its name "tech" or "teck", you might search on "tec_" to see what results you get.
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Q: How do I look up multiple quotes?
A: To see a list of quotes, enter the companies' symbols, delimited by a | (The | is shift+\ on your keyboard)
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Q: How do I look up preferred stocks?
A: To get quotes on preferred stocks enter the base symbol followed by - followed by the class of the shares. For example, Ford Preferred B shares would be "f-b" If you are not sure how to look up your preferred shares, you can look up the company's common shares, for example, "f", and link to a list of preferred stocks offered by that company.
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Q: How do I look up Options, Puts and Calls?
A: If you want to look up a quote on an option but you aren't sure of the symbol, you can probably figure it out by following these simple rules.
Every option has an underlying stock ticker symbol. In many cases, this symbol matches the stock's regular ticker symbol--DJ for Dow Jones, for example. For stock symbols longer than three letters, like Intel (INTC), the underlying ticker symbol is often the first two letters of the symbol plus Q-- or INQ for Intel.
Once you know the underlying symbol, you need to add three codes: "+" before your symbol and a two-letter combination defining the option's put or call date and its strike price after your symbol. Your option symbol would wind up looking something like this: +DJLL
Use the tables below to figure out your two-letter code.
| Month | Call Code | Put Code |
|---|---|---|
| January | A | M |
| February | B | N |
| March | C | O |
| April | D | P |
| May | E | Q |
| June | F | R |
| July | G | S |
| August | H | T |
| September | I | U |
| October | J | V |
| November | K | W |
| December | L | X |
| Strike Prices | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 105 | A |
| 10 | 110 | B |
| 15 | 115 | C |
| 20 | 120 | D |
| 25 | 125 | E |
| 30 | 130 | F |
| 35 | 135 | G |
| 40 | 140 | H |
| 45 | 145 | I |
| 50 | 150 | J |
| 55 | 155 | K |
| 60 | 160 | L |
| 65 | 165 | M |
| 70 | 170 | N |
| 75 | 175 | O |
| 80 | 180 | P |
| 85 | 185 | Q |
| 90 | 190 | R |
| 95 | 195 | S |
| 100 | 200 | T |
| 7 1/2 | 37 1/2 | U |
| 12 1/2 | 42 1/2 | V |
| 17 1/2 | 47 1/2 | W |
| 22 1/2 | 52 1/2 | X |
| 27 1/2 | 57 1/2 | Y |
| 32 1/2 | 62 1/2 | Z |
(If your stock trades closer to 5 than to 105, the code assumes your strike price is 5)
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