Now That Nvidia and Amazon Are in the Dow Jones, Can the Index Beat the S&P 500 and Nasdaq in 2025?

The historic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) has undergone major changes in recent years. In 2020, Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), Amgen, and Honeywell International replaced ExxonMobil, Pfizer, and Raytheon Technologies (now RTX). In February, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) replaced Walgreens Boots Alliance. And in November, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Sherwin-Williams replaced Intel and commodify chemical giant, Dow.The addition of Salesforce and now Amazon and Nvidia has made the Dow more tech-oriented. It is no longer an index dominated by dividend-paying value stocks. And in many ways, the Dow's changes warrant a new definition for blue chip stocks.With the Dow up 18.5% year to date compared to 27.7% for the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and 28.5% for the Nasdaq-100 (at the time of this writing), some investors may be wondering if the Dow could outperform the other indexes in 2025 now that it will have a full year of Amazon and Nvidia. After all, the Dow has just 30 components compared to 503 for the S&P 500 and 101 for the Nasdaq-100. The Nasdaq-100 includes the largest non-financial companies by market cap in the Nasdaq Composite.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool