Definition of Dow Jones Industrial Average



Dow jones industrial average is a stock index of the top 30 companies that are registered on the New York Stock Exchange. These companies are presenting the most stable earnings with respect to the economic movements. All of these companies are considered to be blue-chip companies.

 


Dow jones industrial average is an index that can be used as a benchmark to assess the economic movement as it is believed that the 30 component stock companies are most stable among all the United States economy. However, there are some limitations of using this index as a yardstick because it ignores the sizes of the companies and it includes only 30 large capital companies only that cannot reflect the state of the economy with accuracy.


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