SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (AMEX:DIA)

MaxwellHuffman (< 20) Submitted: 2/26/2008 8:31:43 PM : Start Price: $113.38 DIA Score: +9.52

Instant diversity in what's already a diverse, and quasi-managed index.

TrackHouse (22.73) Submitted: 9/9/2007 11:13:20 PM : Start Price: $118.43 DIA Score: +10.02

The Dow took quite a beating last Friday. I think short-term it will have more downside because of news coming out this week. After the Fed speaks and calms fears about the economy. The market will calm down, and it should rally. I am probably wrong though. Can't predict short-term, but longterm it will do well over a year.

DrMath (< 20) Submitted: 7/2/2007 12:37:45 PM : Start Price: $121.08 DIA Score: -10.59

Prediction from www.stock-forecasting.com in 10 days down to $130

csguernsey (55.88) Submitted: 6/16/2007 4:27:51 PM : Start Price: $122.60 DIA Score: +10.69

I had to pick one, so I say this ETF will overperform the S&P base on slighly lower valuation, but it's really a crap shoot. I hold DIA as a core holding to try to anchor my portfoliao, not to hit home runs.

I started investing in stocks in 1999 and by New Year's day 2000 I (and a whole lot of other Newbies) thought I was a genius. Yes, I saw the rediculous valuations I was paying. Yes, I read Bill Grahams wittings. Still, I amde some horrible decisions on stocks like JDSU. So, going forward I like to carry some ancors along as I invest, and DIA has been very good to me.

NetscribeETF (37.64) Submitted: 3/27/2007 8:57:42 AM : Start Price: $111.57 DIA Score: -13.79

Diamonds Trust, Series 1 (the Trust) is a unit investment trust whose objective is to provide investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It was created to provide investors with the opportunity to purchase units of the portfolio of securities consisting of substantially all of the component common stocks, which comprise the DJIA. Each unit of fractional undivided interest in the Trust is referred to as a DIAMOND.

Diamonds Trust, Series 1's holdings consist of the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is designed to capture the price performance of 30 US blue chip stocks. It's filled by dividend-paying companies with fortified competitive positions. Dow can be viewed as a concentrated, low turnover, actively managed portfolio run by the editors of The Wall Street Journal who select widely held, market-leading companies, but the average isn't a good representation of the market. It's more than 80% mega cap; heavy on industrial, consumer goods, and hardware stocks; and light on energy, financial, and utilities firms.

With a market capitalization slightly in excess of $6.7 billion and top ten stocks making up for almost 50% of the Trust, it returned merely 12.85% as compared to the DJIA return of 13.58%, over the past one year. Thus, the ETF did not outperform the benchmark index. Also, the component stocks of DJIA are viewed as being fully valued, which reduces the possibility of the index and the ETF to post a stunning performance. Coupled with the mindset of a slowing economy, an unstable interest rate scenario and the omnipresent housing slump story, the Trust fails to appear as a trustworthy performer.

Dolphinkid (86.93) Submitted: 3/6/2007 4:48:07 PM : Start Price: $109.60 DIA Score: +12.94

DIA is a large etf.

EV38 (99.90) Submitted: 1/24/2007 12:25:52 PM : Start Price: $112.88 DIA Score: -12.24

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TomPastore001 (< 20) Submitted: 12/27/2006 1:09:16 PM : Start Price: $111.95 DIA Score: +12.69

This is a foundational investment. Keep an equal part of it in your portfolios and ensure returns at least as good as the general market on some of your money. Buy on weakness with a long term horizon

CaptainCamOregon (< 20) Submitted: 12/20/2006 3:51:42 AM : Start Price: $111.76 DIA Score: +12.65

Declining Dollar Continues

jleftyj (43.95) Submitted: 10/17/2006 6:51:00 PM : Start Price: $107.94 DIA Score: -12.86

if DOW hits 12,000 it will be its peak;

InvestorJay1 (65.49) Submitted: 10/11/2006 2:50:20 PM : Start Price: $106.47 DIA Score: +12.29

Provides diversified exposure to broad Blue Chips..

bkwfool (50.24) Submitted: 10/6/2006 11:43:42 AM : Start Price: $106.36 DIA Score: -12.54

Dow set 3 straight records. Time for the S&P to catch up a bit.

crgillette (< 20) Submitted: 10/5/2006 11:59:58 PM : Start Price: $106.38 DIA Score: +12.85

DJIA is going on strong!

dc11dc (49.05) Submitted: 10/5/2006 5:07:56 AM : Start Price: $106.32 DIA Score: +12.93

crazy start up, speculative