Overview

The original US ETF, launched in 1998. Tracks the 30 blue-chip companies of the Dow Jones Industrial Average using a distinctive price-weighted methodology rather than market-cap weighting.

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Fund Details

Investment Thesis

DIA offers a distinctive lens on 30 of America's most established blue-chip companies. Because the Dow is price-weighted rather than market-cap weighted, higher-priced shares such as Goldman Sachs and Caterpillar drive returns far more than their market value alone would suggest — a quirk that produces meaningfully different results from the S&P 500. As the oldest and most widely quoted US equity benchmark, the Dow remains the barometer most people mean when they ask how "the market" did today. Monthly distributions are unusual among equity ETFs and appeal to income-focused holders.

Who It's For

Investors seeking concentrated exposure to established, profitable, dividend-paying blue-chip corporations. DIA suits those who want a simpler and more selective large-cap holding than the S&P 500, who value the monthly income schedule, and who are comfortable with the idiosyncrasies of price-weighting. Best used as a complement to — not a replacement for — a broad market-cap-weighted core holding.

10-Year History

Historical figures are ETFHub estimates modelled from asset-class return patterns and may differ from official fund records. Data as of August 2026.

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