{"id":4026,"date":"2021-07-07T01:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T01:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/?p=4026"},"modified":"2021-07-06T13:31:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T13:31:24","slug":"100-years-of-the-dow-jones-30-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/?p=4026","title":{"rendered":"100 Years of the Dow Jones 30 Index"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The graphs below explain the logic behind index funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 1921, the Dow Jones Industrial Index which is made up of America&#8217;s 30 largest companies, was at 68 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2021, 100 years later, the Dow Jones Industrial Index which is made up of America&#8217;s 30 largest companies, was at 34,502 points&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DowJune1921.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"847\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DowJune1921.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DowJune1921.png 847w, https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DowJune1921-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DowJune1921-768x495.png 768w, https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DowJune1921-624x402.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 847px) 100vw, 847px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, 68.45 points in June 1921&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast forward 100 years&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DowJune2021.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"834\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DowJune2021.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DowJune2021.png 834w, https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DowJune2021-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DowJune2021-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DowJune2021-624x409.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>it is at 34,502.51 points. Imagine buying an index fund 100 years ago in the Dow 30&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The graphs below explain the logic behind index funds. In June 1921, the Dow Jones Industrial Index which is made up of America&#8217;s 30 largest companies, was at 68 points. In June 2021, 100 years later, the Dow Jones Industrial Index which is made up of America&#8217;s 30 largest companies, was at 34,502 points&#8230;&#8230; So, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4026"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4030,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026\/revisions\/4030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}