Inside the Markets
US
Market Benchmarks
16 market benchmarks instruments in the US region on Barfinex.
Instruments
→CBOE Volatility Index (VIX)Wall Street's fear gauge — VIX pricing expected S&P 500 turbulence over the next 30 days.
→Dow Jones Industrial AverageAmerica's oldest market index — 30 blue chips that became shorthand for "the stock market".
→Dow Jones Transportation AverageEconomic activity bellwether — airlines, rails and trucking signaling real economy momentum.
→Dow Jones Utilities AverageDefensive yield play — regulated utilities as bond proxy, interest rate sensitivity barometer.
→KBW Bank IndexUS banking sector pure play — 24 money-center and regional banks pricing credit and rate cycles.
→Nasdaq 100America's tech innovation elite — Magnificent 7 and 93 more driving the AI and cloud revolution.
→Nasdaq Biotechnology IndexBiotech risk-reward frontier — drug pipelines, FDA approvals and M&A speculation in one index.
→NASDAQ CompositeBroadest US tech-heavy index — 3000+ stocks capturing the full spectrum of American innovation.
→NYSE CompositeBroadest US large-cap universe — all NYSE-listed stocks including value, income and industrial sectors.
→PHLX Gold/Silver IndexPrecious metals mining sector — miners amplifying gold and silver price moves with operational leverage.
→PHLX Semiconductor IndexSOX — the chip cycle benchmark tracking NVIDIA, TSMC and the AI infrastructure build-out.
→Russell 2000American small-cap heartland — domestic economy pure play, regional banks and rate-sensitive growth.
→S&P 500 IndexThe world's most important equity index — 500 companies representing $40T+ in market capitalization.
→S&P MidCap 400US mid-cap sweet spot — companies outgrowing small-cap but not yet S&P 500, with highest historical returns.
→S&P SmallCap 600US small-cap quality screen — profitability required for inclusion, filtering out speculative micro-caps.
→Wilshire 5000 Total MarketTotal US stock market — every investable public company, the ultimate American equity breadth measure.