In May, Barron’s published an article titled Week’s Best: Dow 50,000 or Bust? At the time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 40,000, a record for 30 of America’s oldest companies. That got me thinking about Dow stocks to buy. Of the three major indexes, the Dow is the worst performer in 2024, up less than 3% on the year, compared to 12.8% for the S&P 500 and 14.8% for the Nasdaq 100. However, it got closer over the past year but widened again over the past five years. This suggests that you’ll need to be ...