The Dow Jones Industrial Average is set to achieve a golden cross today, a potentially bullish sign for the index. Golden crosses happen when the short-term moving average of a stock or index passes its long-term moving average,

Tech led US stocks on Tuesday as a key consumer inflation print showed inflation accelerated in June, big banks kicked off earnings season, and Nvidia was set to receive a green light for trade with China from the Trump administration.

Trump’s tariffs and the trade war continue to roil global markets. Follow along for live updates on the latest inflation report, as well as the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq.

Stock splits are common among companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Most companies tend to split their stock when the share price exceeds approximately $1,000. Stock splits are less common than they used to be,

McDonald's ( MCD 0.45%) had the unfortunate distinction of posting the Dow Jones Industrial Average's worst stock performance in June. The shares dropped 6.9% during the month.

Although it's the top number you see when you look at any stock market coverage, there are some shortcomings to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Most obviously, the Dow Jones only includes 30 stocks.

Dow Jones Industrial Average vs. S&P 500 The Dow and the S&P 500 are probably the two most well-known stock market indexes, but there are a couple of key differences between the two.

Verizon has the lowest share price among the Dow's 30 components -- and that's a dangerous place to be in a share price-weighted index.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, also known as the “Dow,” shook up its constituents earlier this week. Cloud computing and software provider Salesforce.com CRM replaced oil giant Exxon Mobil XOM.

Chevron stockbackstory: The energy giant's second-quarter results are due out Aug. 1. Wall Street expects the oil industry major to earn $1.77 per share on revenue of $47.6 billion. Those are year-over-year declines of 31% and 15%, respectively. Two names to watch outside the Dow Jones index are AMD stock and Astera Labs.