March 19 Apple shares included in the calculation base index Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), replacing it telecommunications company AT & T. Estimated to Bloomberg, if securities "fruit" of the company joined the benchmark of 7 years earlier, now he could be at 4300 points above the current level.
The inclusion of Apple's share in the index portfolio is not surprising: at the moment the brainchild of Steve Jobs is the most expensive in the world by market capitalization - $ 726 billion. "As the largest corporation in the world and the leader of the world of technology, Apple is the obvious choice for inclusion in the Dow Jones Industrial Average" - commented David Blitzer, chairman of the index committee at S&P indicators and Dow Jones.
Nevertheless, financial analysts say that without the split share "apple" giant formula "seven to one", held in June 2014, Apple is unlikely there would be a chance to enter into the calculation base Dow Jones. Meanwhile, the inclusion of securities of companies in the industry is seen as the benchmark mutually beneficial.
Thus, according to the calculations Fomag, if in 2008, the Dow Jones entered Apple instead of Bank of America, today indicator could be at 4300 points above the current level. This study, however, only the golden years of corporations. Despite the fact that the history of the company did not know until long black stripes, Apple is still not immune to them. For example, the presentation of "smart" watches Apple Watch March 9 rather disappointed investors. Today, after inclusion in the calculation base DJIA stocks corporations decreased by 0.5%.
Recall that the index operator decided to replace the stock AT&T on shares of Apple in March 2015 due to increased capitalization of gadgets. At this point in the indicator consists of 30 companies, among which there are technological giants like Cisco Systems, Intel and Microsoft.