Dow Jones Historical Performance (1896-2021)

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is the first stock market index created by Charles Dow in 1896.  Dow Jones is the oldest stock market indicator and has the longest history of market performance.

It's a bucket of 30 price-weighted blue chip stocks listed in the United States covering all major industries except transportation and utility.

Unlike S&P 500, the Dow 30 Stocks does not represent a complete picture of the US stock market as its a price-weighted index and only covers 30 Stocks. But it is a popular indicator of broader market trends globally as it covers highly influential US Companies.

Investors use Dow Jones Indices (Industrial, Transportation & Utility) to understand and predict the market trends as per the Dow Theory. 

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Dow Jones Industrial Average Chart (DJIA 1896 - 2021)

Dow Jones Industrial Annual Returns

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Dow Jones 30 Vs S&P 500

Dow Jones and S&P Both are popular indexes, and in the below chart you can compare the dow returns with S&P 500 returns.