what is the u s version of the ftse 
the ftse is the financial times stock exchange in the u k that is a provider of different indices its most popular being the ftse 100 which tracks the top 100 companies by market cap in the u k the u s version of this would be the s p 500 which tracks the top 500 u s companies by market cap or the dow jones industrial average djia which tracks 30 prominent u s companies can americans invest in the ftse yes americans can invest in the ftse the easiest way to do this is by investing in exchange traded funds that track these indices such as the vanguard ftse 100 the vanguard ftse 250 the ishares 350 u k equity index fund and the ishares core ftse 100 