UnitedHealth Group's recent stock plunge makes it clearer than ever why we should stop paying so much attention to the Dow.

The Dow dropped 349 points, or 0.91%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq ticked up 0.1%. The S &P 500 closed down 0.23%. Its 8.5% high/low spread has only happened 20 other times since 1962, according to S ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) index underwent a massive rally on Tuesday as the stock market started to recover ...

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In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 1% in morning trading. Cofinimmo added 11.8% and Siemens Energy rose 4.4%. On the other hand, Redeia dropped 3.6%, and Hemnet Group lost 3.2%. The FTSE 100 added ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 1,679 points ... The CAC 40 in Paris was off 1.6%. And Britain's FTSE 100 declined 1.7%. Shares of Apple, which has diversified its international supply ...

Jeremy Bowman has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends UnitedHealth Group. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

(Bloomberg) -- A double-digit selloff in UnitedHealth Group Inc. is dragging down the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average, pushing it toward a day of historical underperformance. The Dow Jones ...

One stock out of 30 on the Dow has a greater impact than one stock in the S&P 500 A steep slide in UnitedHealth Group Inc. shares dragged on the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday, leaving ...

You should consider the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), a passively managed ... Looking at individual holdings, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS) accounts for about 8.19% of total assets ...