Author : Jacky Lin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (124 download)
Book Synopsis Replicating the Dow Jones Industrial Average by : Jacky Lin
Download or read book Replicating the Dow Jones Industrial Average written by Jacky Lin and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dow Jones Industrial Average has historically been the most quoted stock index in the United States. It has several unique features. It uses price weights, it ignores cash dividend payments, and it also treats stock dividends, rights issues, and other corporate actions inconsistently. We show that price indices which use alternative weighting methods and more systematic inclusion criteria perform similarly to the Dow. However, ignoring cash and stock dividends underestimates the long-run returns earned by stock market investors dramatically. If the DJIA had consistently adjusted for dividends and other corporate actions since 1928, the index would have closed at 1,113,047 instead of 28,538 points at the end of 2019.