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Dow Member Year to Date Performance

Nice chart... NAS rules YTD as of today's close:

sym Today <---> Peak(Oct-07) <---> Low(Mar-09) <---> YTD Change
dow 8447.53 <---> -40.36% <---> 30.57% <---> -3.74%
nas 1835.04 <---> -35.82% <---> 45.00% <---> 16.36%
spx 919.33 <---> -41.26% <---> 37.87% <---> 1.81%

Dow-Jones' Decline Largely Impacted by Index Changes

Purpose of the index is not to pick stocks with strength but to reflect the overall market place. With that said, many of the companies had to be removed from indices due to obsolescences or bankrutcies. AIG needed to be gone, just as the original DOW compoents:
American Cotton Oil - Predecessor of Bestfoods
American Sugar - Evolved into Amstar Holdings
American Tobacco - Broken up in 1911 by antitrust actions
Chicago Gas - Now part of Peoples Energy
Distilling & Cattle Feeding - Evolved into Millennium Chemicals
Laclede Gas - Still in operation as Laclede Group
National Lead - Now known as NL Industries
North American - Utility broken up in the 1940s
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company - Bought by U.S. Steel
US Leather - Dissolved in 1952
US Rubber - Now part of Michelin

www.money-zine.com/Inv.../

Dow 30 Price Targets - Too Much Optimism?

Only 3 of the 30 showed marginal gain YTD....and that was last week. Brutal year so far.

New Lows For the Dow

Thanks for the listing...it has been a wiped out for big caps...what's not shown are similar bloodletting for mid & small caps as well. Only shining stars are oil/services and TIPs.