| p>Investing in the Dow Jones today will see you | | | | funds and derivatives through options and futures |
| investing in one of the most well known indexes in | | | | contracts that are available on the Dow Jones today. |
| the US stock market today. The Dow is one of | | | | One family of ETFs available is the SPDRS, which are |
| three major indexes of market movements. It | | | | issued by the asset manager SSGA State Street |
| provides buyers and sellers a place to trade in various | | | | Global Advisors. Trading on the index requires that |
| assets. In the beginning, when it was founded, it had | | | | you do your research on the Dows market |
| only 12 components. The Dow Jones today sees it | | | | movement. If you perform technical analysis using |
| with 30 companies. It is sometimes referred to as | | | | historical charts, you will be able to look for similarities |
| the Dow 30 or Dow Jones Industrial Average. The | | | | in the way the market is moving at present. This will |
| index is price weighted, and if you need to calculate | | | | allow you to see what phase the markets are |
| the Dow, you will add the current prices of the 30 | | | | currently in. |
| companies on the index together, and then divide by | | | | If you have a stock market video, you can find |
| the Dow divisor, which is always changing. | | | | information on the Dow Jones today that shows you |
| If you have invested in the Dow Jones today, and | | | | its history and how the index performed through the |
| have some stock picks in your portfolio with one | | | | many financial crises in our century. This will allow you |
| stock pick splitting, then the Dow divisor would | | | | to compare those historical events with the current |
| change in order to maintain the same constant value | | | | economic uncertainties in the present day. The |
| of the index. Many critics of the Dow argue that with | | | | market sentiment of investors back then that drove |
| over 10000 publicly traded companies in the US, the | | | | the market will be the same in investors today. They |
| Dows 30 companies cannot possibly make it a | | | | will continue to follow the same patterns during |
| benchmark for the entire stock market. However, | | | | upward trend and downward trends. This will help |
| despite this fact, it remains the most cited and | | | | you to predict the movements of the Dow Jones |
| recognized of the stock market indices. | | | | today so that you can increase your chances of |
| If you are trading stocks on the other exchanges, | | | | making a profit. |
| you can take advantage of the Exchange traded | | | | |