Re:Alphabet Announces First Quarter 2022 Results
by mupuff1234 on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @04:31PM
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I heard it might also mean that it can then be added to the dow index which might trigger some automatic buying?
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Re:Alphabet Announces First Quarter 2022 Results
by rubiquity on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @04:39PM
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I'd expect that to be negligible because the size of funds Google is already part of (QQQ, VTI, SPY, etc. etc.) are orders of magnitude larger than ETFs that track the Dow (DIA is the only one that comes to mind).
The Dow itself is a bit of gimmick in that its value is the sum of all the prices of the stocks in the index. Meaning if Google joins at $120 but kicks out a stock that was $300 then the Dow would go down 180 points.
Re:Alphabet Announces First Quarter 2022 Results
by hasty on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @08:04PM
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No, it wouldn't. The Dow is weighted for exactly this reason: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average#C...