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To: Paladin2
How about the Dow?

Of the 30 on the Dow in 1955 the survivors are:

duPont
General Electric
Proctor & Gamble
Chevron (was called Standard Oil of California) which was off the Dow for a while and is now back on.
Exxon Mobil (was called Standard Oil of New Jersey)
United Technologies (was called United Aircraft Company)

Info from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_components_of_the_Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average

9 posted on 10/21/2017 8:16:40 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (The Whig Party died when it fled the great fight of its century. Ditto for the Republicans now.)
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To: KarlInOhio

~ 20%.

Someone should examine 23,000 vs inflation and whatever lame methodology used to make the replacements along the way.


11 posted on 10/21/2017 8:26:50 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: KarlInOhio

Thanks for your post!


14 posted on 10/21/2017 9:14:01 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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