The Dow Jones Industrial Average remains a respected benchmark, but its price-weighted construction makes it suboptimal for many investors' portfolios. Recent events, like UnitedHealth's sharp decline ...

The S&P 500 finished the week at a new record high, its 27th of the year. The index posted a weekly gain of 1.2%, marking its sixth in the past seven weeks. The S&P 500 is currently up 13.56% ...

Coca-Cola's stock was climbing 3.8% in recent trading to pace the Dow's percentage gainers, but given it's relatively low price, it's not providing much of a boost to the price-weighted index. The ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average had the longest consecutive losing streak since 1978, falling for 10 straight days from December 5 to December 19, 2024. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 index, as tracked by ...

Despite being the most valuable company in the world, Nvidia has a weight of just 2.1% of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The reason why Nvidia accounts for such a small piece of the Dow's ...