Dow Trivia!
Remember – since it’s a trivia question, no looking it up!
Apple just replaced AT&T on the Dow Industrial average, which consists of 30 publicly traded stocks.
The Dow was formed in 1896.
Which of these stocks is the oldest stock on the Dow, having been added 108 years ago, in 1907?
3M
American Express
Apple
Boeing
Caterpillar
Chevron
Cisco Systems
Coca-Cola
DuPont
ExxonMobil
General Electric
Goldman Sachs
The Home Depot
Intel
IBM
Johnson & Johnson
JPMorgan Chase
McDonald’s
Merck
Microsoft
Nike
Pfizer
Procter & Gamble
Travelers
UnitedHealth Group
United Technologies (originally called United Aircraft)
Visa
Verizon
Wal-Mart
Walt Disney
I’d say Coke a Cola!
My guess was Caterpillar but a little research shows me to be wrong – while continuous track tractors predate the Dow, Caterpillar Tractor Company itself dates from 1925.
Time up!
The correct answer is General Electric.