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Up until recently, it was impossible to buy a share of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). The average consists of 30 companies, so an investor who wanted to mimic the returns of the DJIA would have to buy shares of all 30 companies in proportion to their weighting in the average and continually rebalance their portfolio based on the weighting each company was given in the DJIA. Today, with the advent of ETF's an investor can invest in the DIA, the State Street Global Advisor SPDR of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The DIA ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the DJIA.

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