- "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 22.77%-48.46% topped by CRM 2/25/22.
- Highest-yield 10 are the March Dogs of the Dow. YCharts-toppers are: KO, INTC, AMGN, MRK, MMM, CVX, WBA, DOW, VZ, and IBM, averaging a 3.97% yield.
- Dow Industrial Index top-ten firms by broker target-price upside, MRK, V, MMM, MSFT, BA, DIS, GS, CAT, NKE, and CRM, averaged 28.49% upsides.
- Analyst one-year targets showed ten highest-yield Dow stocks producing 5.37% LESS gain from $5K invested in the lowest-priced five than from the same investment in all ten. Higher-priced ("Big" Dow dogs) took the lead by over one-half length based on broker-augured gains coming into March.
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Dogs Of The Dow For March Drop Closer To Buy Points