KirkLindstrom.com - Articles - 2011 - DOW 30 Stocks Year End Prices & Yields - DOGS of the DOW -   Charts  
Kirk
                Windsurfing at Palo Alto in SF Bay in May 2009
Year-end DJIA Stock Prices - Dogs of the DOW
DOW 30 Stocks Year End Prices and Yield  for DOW Dogs Calculations
Kirk
                Windsurfing at Coyote Point November 2009
Newsletter Subscribe  

Return to KirkLindstrom.com home page
 


December 31, 2011
:
 
Today, the DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average - charts and current quote) closed at $12,218.  Below are the closing prices and yields for the 30 components of the DOW for the last trading day of 2011 which was Friday, December 30.   Dow Dogs List

According to Wikipedia[1], "The Dow Jones Industrial Average, also called the Industrial Average, the Dow Jones, the Dow 30, or simply the Dow, is a stock market index, and one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow. It was founded on May 26, 1896, and is now owned by Dow Jones Indexes, which has its majority owned by the CME Group. The average is named after Dow and one of his business associates, statistician Edward Jones. It is an index that shows how 30 large publicly owned companies based in the United States have traded during a standard trading session in the stock market. It is the second oldest U.S. market index after the Dow Jones Transportation Average, which was also created by Dow."

According to the CME Group [2], "The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a price-weighted index of 30 blue-chip U.S. companies representing nine economic sectors including financial service, technology, retail, entertainment and consumer goods. The leadership position of the component stocks in the DJIA tends to result in an extremely high correlation of the DJIA to broader U.S. indices, such as the S&P 500 (SPY) Index providing additional opportunities."


The D
ogs of the DOW are the ten stocks on the list [3] below with the highest yields starting with AT&T at 5.82% and ending with Kraft Foods at 3.10%.  Their tickers are T, VZ, MRK, GE, PFE, DD, JNJ, INTC, PG and KFT.
 
Click for DOW Quotes



Note 1.  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average
Note 2.  Source: http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/files/EQ-159_DowJonesFinal.pdf
Note 3. Table source: http://seekingalpha.com/article/318220-dogs-of-the-dow-index-2011-audit

Click for FREE sample of Kirk Lindstrom's
                    Investment Letter

TOP of Page




KirkLindstrom.com

Home of "CORE & Explore®" investing.

Blog
FREE=> Investment Letter SAMPLE  <== FREE

KirkLindstrom.com

Disclaimer:  The information contained in this web site is not intended to constitute financial advice, and is not a recommendation or solicitation to buy, sell or hold any security. This blog is strictly informational and educational and is not to be construed as any kind of financial advice, investment advice or legal advice. Copyright © 2011 Kirk Lindstrom. Note: "CORE & Explore®" was coined by and is a registered trademark of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.