Dow Jones Industrial Average
The Dow Jones Industrial Average tracks 30 selected U.S. blue-chip companies using share-price weights rather than company market values.
Named U.S. equity and dividend index pages used for broad-market, sector, and income-oriented benchmarking.
U.S. Equity and Dividend Indexes terms explain how benchmarks, market gauges, weighting rules, index families, data series, and market-cycle labels are used in investment analysis.
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| Term | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | Benchmark construction, regional equity index, weighting, market-cycle, sentiment, commodity, freight, or index-publication terms. |
| Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index | Benchmark construction, regional equity index, weighting, market-cycle, sentiment, commodity, freight, or index-publication terms. |
| NASDAQ Composite | Benchmark construction, regional equity index, weighting, market-cycle, sentiment, commodity, freight, or index-publication terms. |
| S&P 500 | Benchmark construction, regional equity index, weighting, market-cycle, sentiment, commodity, freight, or index-publication terms. |
| S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index | Benchmark construction, regional equity index, weighting, market-cycle, sentiment, commodity, freight, or index-publication terms. |
| S&P 500 High Dividend Index | Benchmark construction, regional equity index, weighting, market-cycle, sentiment, commodity, freight, or index-publication terms. |
| Wilshire 5000 | Benchmark construction, regional equity index, weighting, market-cycle, sentiment, commodity, freight, or index-publication terms. |
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average tracks 30 selected U.S. blue-chip companies using share-price weights rather than company market values.
The Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index selects 100 U.S. dividend stocks using yield eligibility and four fundamental rankings.
The FT Wilshire 5000 is a float-adjusted index of eligible U.S. equities, used to measure the broad investable U.S. stock market.
The Nasdaq Composite tracks eligible domestic and international common-type stocks listed on Nasdaq using market-capitalization weights.
The S&P 500 tracks 500 leading U.S. large-cap companies using float-adjusted market-cap weights and is widely used as a U.S. equity benchmark.
The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index equal-weights S&P 500 companies with long records of annual dividend increases.
The S&P 500 High Dividend Index equal-weights 80 higher-yielding S&P 500 companies selected by indicated annual dividend yield.