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Encyclopedia > Dow Jones Transportation Average

The Dow Jones Transportation Average (also called the "Dow Jones Transports;" DJTA) is the oldest U.S. stock market index. It was created on July 3, 1884 by Charles Dow, co-founder of Dow Jones & Company, as part of the "Customer's Afternoon Letter". At its inception, it consisted of eleven transportation-related companies: nine railroads and two non-rail companies. They were the following: A stock market index is a listing of stocks and a statistic reflecting the composite value of its components. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Charles Henry Dow (November 6, 1851 – December 4, 1902) was an American journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company and The Wall Street Journal. ... Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ), based in the United States is a publishing and financial information firm. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ...

The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. ... The Chicago and North Western Railway (AAR reporting marks: CNW, CNWS, CNWZ; unofficial abbreviation: C&NW) was a Class I railroad in the United States. ... The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company (DL&W or Lackawanna) (AAR reporting mark DLW) was a railroad connecting Pennsylvanias Lackawanna Valley, rich in anthracite coal, to New York City, Buffalo and Oswego, New York. ... The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, sometimes referred to as the Lake Shore, was a major part of the New York Central Railroads Water Level Route from Buffalo, New York to Chicago, Illinois, primarily along the south shore of Lake Erie and across northern Indiana. ... Chartered by the state of Kentucky in 1850, the L&N, as it was generally known, grew into one of the great success stories of American business. ... Missouri Pacific (MoPac; AAR reporting mark MP) was the first American railroad west of the Mississippi River. ... The New York Central Railroad (AAR reporting mark NYC), known simply as the New York Central in its publicity, was a railroad operating in the North-Eastern United States. ... Northern Pacific Railway Categories: Stub | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Idaho railroads | Minnesota railroads | Montana railroads | North Dakota railroads | Oregon railroads | Washington railroads | Wisconsin railroads ... A preferred stock, also known as a preferred share or simply a preferred, is a share of stock carrying additional rights above and beyond those conferred by common stock. ... The Pacific Mail Steamship Company was founded in 1848 to transport mail under contract from the United States Government from the Isthmus of Panama to California. ... The Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE: UNP) is the largest railroad in the United States. ... The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is a financial services and communications company based in the United States. ...

Components

Today, the index consists of the following 20 companies (weighted to adjust for stock splits and other factors): Stock split refers to a corporate action that increases the shares in a public company. ...

(last change September 16, 2005) Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. ... AMR Corporation NYSE: AMR is a Fort Worth, Texas-based holding company created in 1982 as part of a reorganization of American Airlines. ... Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation is the parent company of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company. ... C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. ... Con-way, Inc. ... Continental Airlines (IATA: CO, ICAO: COA, and Callsign: Continental) (NYSE: CAL) is an airline of the United States. ... CSX Transportation (AAR reporting mark CSXT) is a Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the CSX Corporation. ... Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. ... FedEx (NYSE: FDX), properly FedEx Corporation, is a company that offers overnight courier, ground, heavy freight, document copying and logistics services. ... General American Transportation Corporation or GATX (the company changed their name to their most common reporting mark) is a railway equipment leasing company. ... J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. ... JetBlue Airways is an American low-cost airline owned by JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU). ... Norfolk Southern Headquarters Norfolk, Virginia. ... Ryder NYSE: R is a popular truck rental and leasing company for companies distribution and supply chain efforts. ... Southwest Airlines, Inc. ... The Union Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark UP) (NYSE: UNP) is the largest railroad network in the United States. ... United Parcel Service Inc. ... Introduction Yellow Roadway Corporation is now known as YRC Worldwide to better reflect the worldwide presence that they have through the many brands that they represent. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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Fool.com: History of the Dow (1011 words)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average started with just 12 stocks in 1886 and grew to its current 30-stock roster in two big jumps: in 1916 the average was expanded from 12 to 20 stocks; and, in 1928, the final move from 20 to 30 stocks was made.
When Dow created his first Average (now the Transportation Average), he simply divided the total of all the prices by eleven (the number of stocks on the Average) to get his result.
To maintain the Average at its actual level of 100.00, the divisor of the Average is systematically altered.
Dow Jones Industrial Average®: Information from Answers.com (1608 words)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a price-weighted average of 30 significant stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq.
The largest one-day percentage drop in the history of Dow Jones was on December 12, 1914, 24.39%.
Apart from investing in the individual stocks in the Dow Jones, there also is the option to invest in an exchange-traded fund (ETF) which represents ownership in a portfolio of the equity securities that comprise the DJIA.
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