- "The Dow® [adds a stock] if the company has an excellent reputation, demonstrates sustained growth, and is of interest to a large number of investors. Sector representation.is also a consideration."
- Thirty Dow stocks represent nine of eleven sectors. Dow tracks utilities as a separate index and omits real estate. Broker top-ten target-estimated net-gains ranged 17.97%-23.27% topped by WMT 10/1/21.
- Highest-yield 10 are the leading Dogs of the Dow. October's YChart-toppers: CSCO, KO, MRK, AMGN, MMM, WBA, IBM, VZ, DOW, and CVX average a 3.90% yield.
- Dow Industrial Index top-ten firms by broker target-price upside, UNH, CVX, KO, DOW, DIS, CAT, BA, V, WMT, and NKE, averaged 19.72% upsides.
- Analyst one-year targets showed ten highest-yield Dow stocks producing 5.59% more gain from $5k invested in the lowest-priced five than from the same investment in all ten. Lower-priced ("smaller" Dow dogs) took the lead based on broker-augured gains going into October.
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A 6% October Pullback Can Spring 3 Dogs Of The Dow For Dividend Income