Companies get added to and deleted from the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) all the time. But can it be predicted? In the following video, Motley Fool contributor John Maxfield discusses the two main reasons companies get booted from the index and what impact being added has on the short- and long-term performance of stocks.
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