DOW instills faith in the equity market within us. Its been up & running for 100 years now irrespective of a million developments in the world.

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2. Historical performances of DOW since 1979.
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view on behavioral pattern of DOW.
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3. DOW Rolling Return
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4. YEAR SENSEX value (Rs.) The Rolling Return-CAGR(%)
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No. of years 1 2 3 5 7 10 15 20 25
1979 847.185
1980 869.67 2.65
1981 919.22 5.70 4.16
1982 924.22 0.54 3.09 2.94
1983 1155.19 24.99 12.10 9.93
1984 1187.195 2.77 13.34 8.90 6.98
1985 1376.865 15.98 9.17 14.21 9.62
1986 1731.74 25.77 20.78 14.45 13.50 10.75
1987 2181.43 25.97 25.87 22.48 18.74 14.04
1988 1906.83 -12.59 4.93 11.47 10.54 10.99
1989 2468.11 29.44 6.37 12.54 15.76 15.06 11.29
1990 2684.285 8.76 18.65 7.16 14.28 12.80 11.93
1991 2834.205 5.59 7.16 14.12 10.35 13.24 11.92
1992 3261.34 15.07 10.23 9.73 8.38 13.11 13.44
1993 3519.085 7.90 11.43 9.45 13.04 10.66 11.78
1994 3761.82 6.90 7.40 9.90 8.79 8.10 12.22 10.45
1995 4530.545 20.43 13.46 11.58 11.04 13.16 12.65 11.63
1996 5812.015 28.29 24.30 18.20 15.45 13.02 12.87 13.08
1997 7327.99 26.08 27.18 24.89 17.58 15.43 12.88 14.80
1998 8418.825 14.89 20.35 22.94 19.06 16.83 16.01 14.16
1999 10326.47 22.66 18.71 21.12 22.38 17.90 15.39 15.51 13.32
2000 10739.95 4.00 12.95 13.59 18.84 17.28 14.87 14.68 13.39
2001 9681.675 -9.85 -3.17 4.77 10.75 14.46 13.07 12.16 12.49
2002 8955.17 -7.50 -8.69 -4.64 4.09 10.22 10.63 9.87 12.02
2003 8976.135 0.23 -3.71 -5.80 1.29 6.41 9.82 10.88 10.80
2004 10277.64 14.50 7.13 2.01 -0.09 4.95 10.57 9.98 11.40 10.50
2005 10494.335 2.11 8.13 5.43 -0.46 3.20 8.76 9.52 10.69 10.48
2006 11586.765 10.41 6.18 8.88 3.66 1.66 7.14 9.84 9.97 10.67
2007 13103.375 13.09 11.74 8.43 7.91 2.88 5.98 9.71 9.38 11.19
2008 10291.88 -21.46 -5.75 -0.65 2.77 0.88 2.03 7.42 8.80 9.14
2009 7807.635 -24.14 -22.81 -12.33 -5.35 -1.94 -2.76 4.99 5.93 7.83
2010 10675.77 36.73 1.85 -6.60 0.34 2.51 -0.06 5.88 7.15 8.54
2011 11937.01 11.81 23.65 5.07 0.60 2.16 2.12 4.92 7.45 8.03

5. No. of Years 1 2 3 5 7 10 15 20 25
Average Return (%) 10.44 9.23 8.81 9.28 9.61 9.76 10.53 10.21 9.55
Probability of Loss 5/32 5/31 5/30 3/28 1/26 2/23 0/18 0/13 0/8
Mean (%) 6.30 2.19 6.28 8.52 7.98 6.63 10.21 9.66 9.51
Maximum growth (%) 36.73 27.18 24.89 22.38 17.90 16.01 15.51 13.39 11.19
Minimum growth (%) -24.14 -22.81 -12.33 -5.35 -1.94 -2.76 4.92 5.93 7.83

6. Max v/s Avg v/s Min – Rolling Return
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7.  The term "Dow" is used to mean the Dow Jones
Industrial Average, an index of 30 blue chip
stocks that serves as the most widely used
measure of the U.S. stock market.
 Best-known for the Dow Jones Industrial
Average, Dow Jones Indexes offers more than
130,000 equity indexes as well as fixed-income
and alternative indexes, including measures of
hedge funds, commodities and real estate.

8.  Often referred to as "the Dow", the DJIA is the
oldest and single most watched index in the
world. The DJIA includes companies like
General Electric, Disney, Exxon and Microsoft.
When the TV networks say "the market is up
today", they are generally referring to the Dow.
 This company publishes the Wall Street
Journal, the largest business and finance
publication in the world.

9. Name of the Company Name of the Company
3M Home Depot
Alcoa Honeywell
Altria Group IBM
American Express Intel
American International Group Johnson & Johnson
AT&T JPMorgan Chase
Boeing McDonald's
Caterpillar Merck
Citigroup Microsoft
Coca-Cola Pfizer
DuPont Procter & Gamble
Exxon Mobil United Technologies
General Electric Verizon Communications
General Motors Wal-Mart
Hewlett-Packard Walt Disney