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# Dataset Card for "index-constituents-sp500"

## Table of Contents
- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
- [Dataset Description](#dataset-description)
  - [Dataset Summary](#dataset-summary)
  - [Supported Tasks and Leaderboards](#supported-tasks-and-leaderboards)
  - [Languages](#languages)
- [Dataset Structure](#dataset-structure)
  - [Data Instances](#data-instances)
  - [Data Fields](#data-fields)
  - [Data Splits](#data-splits)
- [Dataset Creation](#dataset-creation)
  - [Curation Rationale](#curation-rationale)
  - [Source Data](#source-data)
  - [Annotations](#annotations)
  - [Personal and Sensitive Information](#personal-and-sensitive-information)
- [Considerations for Using the Data](#considerations-for-using-the-data)
  - [Social Impact of Dataset](#social-impact-of-dataset)
  - [Discussion of Biases](#discussion-of-biases)
  - [Other Known Limitations](#other-known-limitations)
- [Additional Information](#additional-information)
  - [Dataset Curators](#dataset-curators)
  - [Licensing Information](#licensing-information)
  - [Citation Information](#citation-information)
  - [Contributions](#contributions)

## Dataset Description

- **Homepage:** https://edarchimbaud.substack.com
- **Repository:** https://github.com/edarchimbaud
- **Point of Contact:** contact@edarchimbaud.com

### Dataset Summary

The index-constituents-sp500 dataset provides information about the constituents of the S&P 500 index. It contains several features that describe each constituent company.

### Supported Tasks and Leaderboards

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### Languages

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## Dataset Structure

### Data Instances

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### Data Fields

- symbol (string): A string representing the ticker symbol or abbreviation used to identify the company.
- security (string): A string specifying the name or title of the security.
- gics_sector (string): A string indicating the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sector to which the company belongs. GICS is a widely used classification system for categorizing companies based on their primary business activities.
- gics_sub_industry (string): A string specifying the GICS sub-industry of the company, which provides further granularity within the sector classification.
- headquarters_location (string): A string representing the location of the company's headquarters.
- date_added (string): A string indicating the date when the company was added to the S&P 500 index.
- cik (string): A string representing the Central Index Key (CIK) assigned to the company by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The CIK is a unique identifier used for regulatory filings.
- founded (string): A string indicating the year or date of the company's founding.

### Data Splits

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## Dataset Creation

### Curation Rationale

The index-constituents-sp500 dataset was developed to support the development of low-frequency trading algorithms.

### Source Data

#### Initial Data Collection and Normalization

This data was sourced from the web, and aggregated.

### Annotations

#### Annotation process

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#### Who are the annotators?

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### Personal and Sensitive Information

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## Considerations for Using the Data

### Social Impact of Dataset

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### Discussion of Biases

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### Other Known Limitations

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## Additional Information

### Dataset Curators

The index-constituents-sp500 dataset was collected by https://edarchimbaud.substack.com.

### Licensing Information

The index-constituents-sp500 dataset is licensed under the MIT License.

### Citation Information

> https://edarchimbaud.substack.com, index-constituents-sp500 dataset, GitHub repository, https://github.com/edarchimbaud

### Contributions

Thanks to [@edarchimbaud](https://github.com/edarchimbaud) for adding this dataset.