What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) is a price-weighted index that tracks 30 large, public companies trading on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq.The Dow is supposed to be representative of the overall market and the largest sectors of U.S. economy. Yahoo Finance’s Ines Ferré explains what the Dow is, how it’s calculated, and the most expensive stocks on the index (UNH. HD, GS)
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00:00:15 Companies in the Dow
00:00:45 What the Dow is
00:00:50 Most expensive stocks in the Dow
00:01:05 How the Dow is calculated 00:01:18 Dow Divisor
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