Dow Jones

El Dow Jones es un índice bursátil que fue creado a partir de un promedio ponderado de los precios de 30 de las grandes compañías del mercado de valores (fue inventado por Charles Dow en 1896). La idea principal detrás de este índice consiste en que lo que suceda con los precios de esa lista de 30 compañías, se verá reflejado en la gran mayoría del resto de las acciones, debido a que en teoría son compañías muy representativas. En otras palabras, si el índice del Dow Jones aumenta entonces el resto de las acciones del mercado aumenta también y viceversa.

Para aquellos que tienen curiosidad de saber cuáles son las 30 compañías que pertenecen al Dow Jones, aquí se las voy a decir:

DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE

SIMBOLO	EMPRESA	IND. DIVISION	IND. GRUPO	IND. SECTOR
AA	ALCOA INC COM	Manufacturing	Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous	Primary Metal Industries
AXP	AMERICAN EXPRESS CO CM	Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate		Non-Depository Credit Institutions
BA	BOEING CO COM	Manufacturing	Aircraft and Parts	Transportation Equipment
BAC	BANK OF AMERICA CORP COM	Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate	Commercial Banks	Depository Institutions
CAT	CATERPILLAR INC COM	Manufacturing	Construction, Mining, and Materials Handling	Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Computer Equipment
CSCO	CISCO SYSTEMS INC COM	Manufacturing	Computer and Office Equipment	Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Computer Equipment
CVX	CHEVRON CORP COM	Manufacturing	Petroleum Refining	Petroleum Refining and Related Industries
DD	DU PONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO COM	Manufacturing	Plastics Materials and Synthetic Resins, Synthetic	Chemicals and Allied Products
DIS	WALT DISNEY CO COM	Services	Miscellaneous Amusement and Recreation	Amusement and Recreation Services
GE	GENERAL ELECTRIC CO COM	Manufacturing		Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components, Except Computer Equipment
HD	HOME DEPOT INC COM	Retail Trade	Lumber and Other Building Materials Dealers	Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply, and Mobile Home Dealers
HPQ	HEWLETT PACKARD CO COM	Manufacturing	Computer and Office Equipment	Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Computer Equipment
IBM	INTL BUSINESS MACHINES COM	Manufacturing	Computer and Office Equipment	Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Computer Equipment
INTC	INTEL CORP COM	Manufacturing	Electronic Components and Accessories	Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components, Except Computer Equipment
JNJ	JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM	Manufacturing	Drugs	Chemicals and Allied Products
JPM	JP MORGAN CHASE & CO COM	Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate	Commercial Banks	Depository Institutions
KFT	KRAFT FOODS INC CL A	Manufacturing		Food and Kindred Products
KO	COCA COLA CO COM	Manufacturing	Beverages	Food and Kindred Products
MCD	MCDONALDS CORP COM	Retail Trade	Eating and Drinking Places	Eating and Drinking Places
MMM	3M CO COM	Manufacturing	Surgical, Medical, and Dental Instruments and	Measuring, Analyzing, and Controlling Instruments; Photographic, Medical and Optical Goods; Watches and Clocks
MRK	MERCK & CO INC. COM	Manufacturing	Drugs	Chemicals and Allied Products
MSFT	MICROSOFT CORP COM	Services	Computer Programming, Data Processing, and	Business Services
PFE	PFIZER INC COM	Manufacturing	Drugs	Chemicals and Allied Products
PG	PROCTER GAMBLE CO COM	Manufacturing	Soap, Detergents, and Cleaning Preparations;	Chemicals and Allied Products
T	AT&T INC COM	Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services	Telephone Communications	Communications
TRV	THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES INC COM	Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate	Fire, Marine, and Casualty Insurance	Insurance Carriers
UTX	UNITED TECH CORP COM	Manufacturing	Aircraft and Parts	Transportation Equipment
VZ	VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS COM	Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services	Telephone Communications	Communications
WMT	WAL-MART STORES COM	Retail Trade	Variety Stores	General Merchandise Stores
XOM	EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION COM	Manufacturing	Petroleum Refining	Petroleum Refining and Related Industries