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Price-Weighted vs. Market-Cap-Weighted: How Stock Indices Work

September 16, 2026 by Bruno
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Learn how price-weighted and market-cap-weighted indices work, how the Dow Divisor functions, worked math examples, and the key distortions of each method.

Categories Capital Markets, Market Education Tags dow jones industrial average, index weighting, investing basics, market cap weighted, sp 500, stock market

Alphabet Joins the Dow, Replacing Verizon June 29, 2026

September 12, 2026June 24, 2026 by Bruno
Alphabet Joins the Dow, Replacing Verizon June 29, 2026

Alphabet (GOOGL) replaces Verizon (VZ) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on June 29, 2026. Here’s what the price-weighted swap means for the index.

Categories Market Trend Tags alphabet googl, dia etf, dow jones industrial average, index inclusion, stock market, verizon stock

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