Dow Jones Industrial Average

NSE opens at 9:00 AM and closes at 3:30 PM.

I’m sure you’ve heard of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), or simply “the Dow”. It’s reported on the news every evening. The Dow was up or down today. What does that really mean? Sure, you know that it has something to do with the stock market, but beyond that you’re unclear, right? Don’t be discouraged. Most Americans couldn’t tell you much about the DJIA. The Dow Jones Industrial average is one of the oldest surviving and oft quoted stock market indices in the world. It was started in 1896 by Charles Dow. When it was started it tracked 12 stocks. Today it represents 30 stocks. Despite being used as a gauge of stock market performance by many I think there are a couple problems with the Dow. The first is that it is tiny. People often assume that the Dow represents the overall movements of the entire stock market. But it only represents the movements of 30 stocks. Compared to the over 4,000 actively traded stocks in the U.S. markets, the Dow is a gauge of very little indeed. Another problem with the DJIA is that it is a price-weighted index. That means that the index gives a larger weight to the underlying stock components with the higher stock prices. It does not assign weight to is components by how much of their industry they comprise or the market capitalization of the individual corporations, the way other more useful indices do. So the next time you hear about the Dow being up or down, don’t assume that the entire market is following suit. This tiny little index is an outdated gauge of 30 individual stocks. If you really want a broader picture of how the overall U.S. market is doing, I suggest looking at a better, more inclusive index like the Russell 3000 or the Wilshire 5000.

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On January 1, 2014, the stock market was closed for the New Year's Day holiday, so there was no official closing value for the Dow Jones Industrial Average on that date. However, the last closing value before that date was on December 31, 2013, when the Dow closed at 16,576.66.

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GE was one of the original components of the Dow Jones industrial average in 1896. It was replaced by Walgreens in June 2018

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The ticker symbol for the Dow Jones industrial average = $DJX; at least this is for practical purposes because this is the symbol to input if you want to know the average at any point in time. Can you buy something with this symbol as you would buy a stock or a stock fund? The answer to this is no. If you want to buy the average, so to speak, then look for an Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) that carries the 30 stocks of the DOW. Likely some ETF's may closely replicate the DOW, but may not be exactly the same. This question is for future research and one example is an iShare with ticker = IYJ. There are many ETF's out there. Check 'em out.

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Anything priced under $5 per share, which is called a penny stock. (Used to be, penny stocks were under $1 per share, but everything gets more expensive.) Penny stocks are more likely to go down in price than to go up, so they are the worst stocks to invest in.

Dow Jones Islamic Market Index was created in 1999.

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A Dow Jones Industrial Average chart measures 30 of the largest and most influential public companies in the stock market. Some companies that are measured by the Dow Jones chart are Verizon, Microsoft, HP, Home Depot and many more.

GE was founded in 1896 as one of the original twelve companies listed on the newly formed Dow Jones Industrial Average. In 1998, the Smart Water unit was established to development and sell water filtration systems to the public.

Dow Jones Industrial Average, a stock market index, was founded on May the 26th, 1896. It is owned by Dow Jones Indexes, who is owned by the CME group.

There are many places where an individual can find a Dow Jones Industrial Average chart online. There is one in the finance section of Yahoo, as well as on Bloomberg.

The Dow jones Industrial Average usually drops by 38 points during Black Monday. This example can be seen in the Wall Street Crash of 1929 where figures drop by nearly 13%.

A great way to find the most recent Dow trading Updates is straight online, using the cnn/data website, which updates regularly. It tells you all the records for the Dow and S&p 500 too.