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Agenda. I. Major Stock Indices. Dow Jones Industrial Average. Since 1928, 30 component stocks.Stocks are decided by editors of the Wall Street Journal (owned by Dow Jones).30 DJIA stocks intended to represent 25% to 30% of the overall market.At any moment, the index price is determined by summing
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1. Ross Finance Club Weekly BreakoutSales, Trading, and Research December 5, 2004
Zachary Emig
MBA Class of 2005
2. Agenda I. Major Stock Indices
3. Dow Jones Industrial Average Since 1928, 30 component stocks. Stocks are decided by editors of the Wall Street Journal (owned by Dow Jones). 30 DJIA stocks intended to represent 25% to 30% of the overall market. At any moment, the index price is determined by summing the components stock prices and dividing by the adjusted divisor. DJIA is a price weighted index the higher a components price goes, the more weight it has within the index.