SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF

NYSE ARCA: DIA
$379.80
+$1.96 (+0.5%)
Closing price April 19, 2024
The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust, managed by State Street Global Advisors, is a fund that mirrors the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It invests in a broad range of sectors including energy, real estate, industrials, consumer goods, health care, financials, and technology, focusing on large-cap companies that show both growth and value. Launched in 1998, this ETF aims to offer investors exposure to the U.S. equity market through a single investment.
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QE2, manufactured inflation, pumping more air into the economy… you get it.  While stocks are higher this morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is hitting a 2010 high.  The high back in...
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Yesterday we gave a straddle and strangle options trading volatility strategy for options traders to play around the unemployment report and around the notion of DJIA 11,000. The market just missed...
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