Dow Member Changes Since the 10/02 Low

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is still about 15% above the bear market closing low on October 9th, 2002, but half of the index's current members are now down since then.  Below we highlight each Dow member's percentage change since 10/9/02.  As shown, McDonald's (MCD) is up the most at 241%, followed by Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), and Caterpillar (CAT).  Surprisingly, financial giant JP Morgan (JPM) is also one of the best performers with a gain of 108%.

General Motors (GM) is, not surprisingly, down the most since 10/9/02 with a decline of 90%.  GM is trailed by Citigroup (C) at -68.9%.  C was trading at $26.89 at the bear market low in 2002 and is now trading at $8.36.  Alcoa (AA) has been the third worst at -47%, followed by Pfizer (-44%) and Bank of America (-43.9%).  Other Dow stocks that are now trading lower than they were on 10/9/02 include MRK, GE, KFT, DD, AXP, KO, HD, VZ, INTC and MSFT.

Comments

[nyka:]

JPM's performance is no longer surprising; rather, it's pitiful.

2008 Nov 24 09:18 PM