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The Dow’s Tumultuous 120-Year History, In One Chart

TedTed
in Fund Discussions
FYI: The Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of the oldest and best-known indexes in the world. It has, by its nature as a benchmark for the largest stock market in the world, become an important barometer of global confidence over the years.
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Ted
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-dows-tumultuous-120-year-history-in-one-chart-2017-03-23/print

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  • beebee
    edited March 2017
    Thanks @Ted,

    Compliment me if I'm right, but wouldn't LEXCX be a concentrated (21 holdings, ER = .52) way of investing in a well managed fund that holds a pretty good slug of the Dow?

    LEXCX has been around for 76 years and here is it's chart (@rono would like):

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  • VintageFreakVintageFreak
    too bad hardly anyone had 10K to invest in 1944, and those who did didn't need to.
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