As Apple's morphed itself from a small personal-computer company into the world's largest publicly traded company and the preeminent company in consumer technology, the question of whether it deserves a place in the Dow Jones Industrial Average has grown louder and louder. Recently, yet another tech analyst stirred the pot in calling for Apple's inclusion in the venerable index. In response, our technology editor weighs in on whether he thinks this makes sense and what Apple would have to do to make this vision a reality.
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Report this Comment On August 19, 2012, at 5:34 PM, applefan1 wrote:
How could it help Apple's stock positively? Or negatively for that matter?
Report this Comment On August 20, 2012, at 10:50 AM, whyaduck1128 wrote:
Apple has always portrayed itself as being against the grain, a bit anti-Establishment, "hip", the little engine that could, etc. Joining the Dow would go totally against that image.
On the other hand, the people to whom hipness matters aren't generally investors in much of anything, as they're too busy spending all their money on the stuff they think they need to look cool.
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