Dow Jones Industrial Average
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a price-weighted U.S. stock index tracking 30 large blue-chip companies.
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 is a price-weighted U.S. stock index tracking 30 large blue-chip companies.
The Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index tracks U.S. companies selected for dividend quality, sustainability, and yield characteristics.
The NASDAQ Composite is a major stock market index comprised of over 3,000 stocks, primarily from the technology and innovation sectors.
The S&P 500 is a large-cap U.S. equity index widely used as a benchmark for the U.S. stock market.
The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index tracks S&P 500 companies with long records of annual dividend increases.
The S&P 500 High Dividend Index tracks higher-yielding stocks within the S&P 500 universe.
The Wilshire 5000 is a broad U.S. equity index designed to represent the investable U.S. stock market.