Overview
Dow Jones Indexes maintains a variety of indexes that measure the performance of specific investment strategies or themes.
Barron's 400℠
Measures a diversified group of U.S. companies that have been selected in part based on fundamentals-related rules-based criteria. The Barron's 400 is published in Barron's magazine and real-time on Barron's Online. Detailed data can be viewed on the Barron's Web site.
CBOE DJIA BuyWrite Index℠
Measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio that sells options based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average against a portfolio of the stocks included in The Dow. For more information please visit the CBOE Web site.
CBOE DJIA Volatility Index℠
Reflects investors' consensus view of expected market volatility over the next 30 days in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and as such, can be used as a benchmark of investor sentiment. For more information please visit the CBOE Web site.
Dow Jones Contrarian Opportunities Indexes℠
Transparent, rules-based tools for benchmarking contrarian investment strategies. The indexes are designed to systematically measure the performance of stocks that lag behind the broader market in terms of recent performance, but that outrank their peers based on fundamentals-based and other qualitative criteria. What is a Contrarian?
Dow Jones Golden Crossover U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index℠
Systematically applies a quantitative strategy often referred to as the "Moving Average Crossover System" to U.S. large-cap equity securities. The index uses rebalancing signals based on two simple moving averages: trailing 50 business days and trailing 200 business days, to determine the allocation to the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index versus a cash index.
Dow Jones Pring U.S. Business Cycle Index℠
A dynamic multi-asset class index that is designed to automatically allocate among stock, bond, commodity and cash segments based on a proprietary model that identifies and accounts for the current phase of the economic business cycle. The model is a rules-based application of an investment process developed by Pring Research. It collects and processes various data inputs to generate signals that are used to identify the current stage of the economic business cycle, and allocates toward the asset classes and equity sectors that have historically outperformed during each stage.
Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index℠
Represents micro-cap stocks trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE Amex and Nasdaq that are comparatively liquid and have strong fundamentals relative to the micro-cap segment as a whole.
Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index℠
Provides a comprehensive measure of publicly traded stock exchanges and trading floors.
Dow Jones Global Fund 50 Index℠
Measures the performance of the largest public companies that support the mission of the Global Fund, a 30 billion dollar innovative public private partnership that is the world's leading financing institution for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. For more information on the Global Fund, please visit www.theglobalfund.org.
Dow Jones Global Shipping Index℠
Measures the stock performance of high dividend-paying companies in the global shipping industry.
Dow Jones Internet Composite Index℠
A composite of the Dow Jones Internet Commerce Index℠ and the Dow Jones Internet Services Index℠. The index represents the largest and most actively traded stocks of U.S. companies in the Internet industry.
Dow Jones Luxury Index℠
Measures market performance of companies that derive a sizeable portion of revenues from providing "luxury" goods and services.
Dow Jones Precious Metals Index℠
Represents the performance of U.S.-traded stocks of companies engaged in the exploration and production of gold, silver and platinum-group metals.
Dow Jones Summer/Winter Games Index℠
Represents the publicly traded companies that are official partners, sponsors and suppliers of the current Olympic Games.
