My teacher wants me to figure out how they calculate a stock index and my Dad said that the Dow Jones average is easiest to figure out. Can you tell me how they calculate the DJIA, please?...

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Is there any reason aside from speculation that a person would buy stock in an established company that doesn't pay dividends? I mean, if its a growth company, then you expect all the profits to go into growing the business and not recieve dividends yet, but its the companys out of the "growth" stage and still doesn't pay dividends, thens there no logical reason to buy the stock... "A stocks value is entirely the value...

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