Archive for the ‘Before 1900’ Category

August 26, 1896 Changes to Dow Jones Indutrial Average

Distilling & Cattle Feeding became American Spirits Manufacturing and U.S. Cordage pfd. replaced North American. American Cotton Oil American Spirits Manufacturing American Sugar American Tobacco Chicago Gas General Electric Laclede Gas National Lead Tennessee Coal & Iron U.S. Cordage pfd. U.S. Leather pfd. U.S. Rubber

May 26, 1896 Dow Publishes The First Industrial Average

The twelve stock Average consisted entirely of industrial stocks published for the first time: American Cotton Oil American Sugar American Tobacco Chicago Gas Distilling & Cattle Feeding General Electric Laclede Gas National Lead North American Tennessee Coal & U.S. Leather pfd. U.S. Rubber The first Dow Jones Industrial Average computed from this list of twelve [...]

April9, 1894 Changes to Dow’s First Stock Average

The following substitutions were made: Deleted from average: Lake Shore Railroad New York Central Pacific Mail Steamship Added to average: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific American Sugar

January 2, 1886 Changes to Dow’s First Stock Average

The stock average returns to a twelve (12) stock average, ten (10) of which were railroads and two (2) industrials: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Chicago & North Western Delaware & Hudson Canal Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Lake Shore Railroad Louisville & Nashville Missouri Pacific New York Central Northern Pacific pfd. Pacific Mail Steamship Union [...]

February 16, 1885 Changes to Dow’s First Stock Average

List now includes twelve (12) railroad stocks and two (2) industrial stocks: Central Pacific Central Railroad of New Jersey Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Chicago & North Western Delaware & Hudson Canal Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Lake Shore Railroad Louisville & Nashville Missouri Pacific New York Central Northern Pacific preferred Pacific Mail Steamship Union Pacific [...]