Here are the 30 current components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the leading stock indicator for 80 years. Corporations have been removed and added over time, their stock values weighted to keep the Index consistent.
Blue chippers, every one. Even so, collectively their shares lost another 5.7% today (down 7.5% at one point). The Dow closed at 8519.21, down over 22% in 30 days.
(Or, as Atrios puts it, “Another exciting day at the dog track.”)
3M
Alcoa
American Express
AT&T
Bank of America
Boeing
Caterpillar
Chevron
Citigroup
Coca-Cola
E.I. du Pont de Nemours
Exxon Mobil
General Electric
General Motors
Hewlett-Packard
Home Depot
Intel
International Business Machines
Johnson & Johnson
JP Morgan & Chase
Kraft Foods
McDonald’s
Merck
Microsoft
Pfizer
Procter & Gamble
United Technologies
Verizon
Wal-Mart
Walt Disney
The Dow has fallen almost exactly the same in the past 30 calendar days as it did on one day, Black Monday, October 19, 1987 — 22.6%