An investing strategy that consists of buying the 10 DJIA stocks with the highest dividend yield at the beginning of the year. The strategy was formulated in 1972 and has proven to be successful. In fact, as Dog of the Dow investors readjust their portfolios each year, it places pressure on the stocks involved. The Dogs of the Dow is an investment strategy popularized by … [Read more...]
Dow’s 30 components
I m providing you with the list of companies listed in Dow Jones Dow comprises of following 30 Components Alcoa Inc American Express Company AT&T Inc. Bank of America Corporation Boeing Co. Caterpillar Inc. Chevron Corp Cisco Systems Inc E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Exxon Mobil Corp General Electric Company Hewlett-Packard Co. Intel … [Read more...]
Dow Jones Transportation Average
The Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJTA) is the most widely recognized gauge of the transportation sector. It is also the oldest index used today, even older than its more famous brother, the Dow Jones Industrials (DJIA). The Transportation Average was the first stock index developed by Charles Dow in 1884. At inception, the index held only nine stocks (all railroads). In … [Read more...]
100 year chart- DOW JONES
Take a look at the 100 year chart provided below . I have coloured each "Market" appropriately -- Green for Bull, and Red for Bear -- to show more clearly what happens. Bull markets get ahead of themselves. At their ends, they tend towards excesses that take a very long while to recover from. When a long Bull runs end, it takes quite a while before the next one … [Read more...]
Dow industrials surging to a 13-month high
As per the stocks rallied Monday, with the , as investor optimism gained momentum. The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) soared 204 points, or 2%, to close at 10,226.94 --marked as the highest level since Oct. 3, 2008. Financial and commodity-related shares led the advance.The gains were broad-based, with all but 1 of the 30 components in the blue-chip index closing … [Read more...]