Comments on: How is the Dow Calculated? http://www.doughroller.net/investing/dow-jones-index-calculated/ Money Management and Personal Finance | The Dough Roller Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:10:27 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: gfred http://www.doughroller.net/investing/dow-jones-index-calculated/comment-page-1/#comment-13065 gfred Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:20:03 +0000 http://www.doughroller.net/?p=4939#comment-13065 Great post - can't wait to read your next one! Great post – can’t wait to read your next one!

]]> By: Finance Nerd http://www.doughroller.net/investing/dow-jones-index-calculated/comment-page-1/#comment-13064 Finance Nerd Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:45:34 +0000 http://www.doughroller.net/?p=4939#comment-13064 Just to clarify one statement, the DJIA divisor is NOT adjusted for "normal" dividends, but it is adjusted for special (i.e. large) dividends. Source: http://www.djaverages.com/?view=question&page=faq#a6 A 2000 Stanford University study showed that the DOW would have been at 250,000 if dividend reinvestment had been included in the index. Of course the Dow is down since then, but the value with dividend reinvestment would still be well over 100,000. Source: http://www-siepr.stanford.edu/papers/pdf/99-16.pdf Just to clarify one statement, the DJIA divisor is NOT adjusted for “normal” dividends, but it is adjusted for special (i.e. large) dividends.

Source: http://www.djaverages.com/?view=question&page=faq#a6

A 2000 Stanford University study showed that the DOW would have been at 250,000 if dividend reinvestment had been included in the index. Of course the Dow is down since then, but the value with dividend reinvestment would still be well over 100,000.

Source: http://www-siepr.stanford.edu/papers/pdf/99-16.pdf

]]> By: Manshu http://www.doughroller.net/investing/dow-jones-index-calculated/comment-page-1/#comment-13060 Manshu Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:19:47 +0000 http://www.doughroller.net/?p=4939#comment-13060 Thanks to DR for letting me guest post here! Thanks to DR for letting me guest post here!

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