Dow Inc. yields a whopping 5.8%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been updated to include today's true industry leaders. It focuses less on blue chip dividend stocks, which follows the same trends seen in the S&P 500. The Dow emphasizes future growth ...

Chip giant Nvidia will join the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the iconic Wall Street index announced Friday, underscoring the importance of artificial intelligence in the US economy.

Nvidia Corp., the chipmaker at the heart of the artificial intelligence boom, is joining the oldest of Wall Street’s three main equity benchmarks.

When the Dow Jones was officially incepted on May 26, 1896, it was comprised of a dozen companies, most of which were tied to the industrial sector. Today, it contains an assortment of 30 historically profitable, time-tested, industry-leading businesses.