Aside from the prestige of membership, I wanted to let you know about some of the other benefits we offer to members: Scholarships: Access to a million dollars in scholarships each year, including $50,000 in Merit Awards granted to outstanding new NSCS members.
Large cap stocks are stocks of companies which have large market capitalizations, typically over $10 billion. They tend to be very established in their line(s) of business and highly diversified in their operations.
S&P 1500 Index. The S&P 1500 Index is a broad equity index. The S&P 1500 Index is weighted by market capitalization. The S&P 1500 Index is based on the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, and S&P SmallCap 600 indices. Thus, the S&P 1500 Index includes the top large cap, mid cap and small cap stocks, representing about 85% of the entire U.S. equity market.