A price-weighted average is a simple mathematical average of several stock prices, and is often used to construct a price-weighted index. Perhaps the most well-known stock index in the U.S., the Dow ...

The Dow’s price-weighted structure means that market caps aren't a factor in weighting its components. Megacap growth stocks make up a massive share of the market-cap weighted S&P 500. Low-fee ...

Created in 1896, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of the world's longest-running stock market indexes. There's a great deal of tradition attached to it, and many historical accounts of past ...