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Apple, the highest-valued company in the world, will be added to the Dow Jones industrial average next month in yet another sign of how popular the computer giant has become for investors.

Questions:
1. Which stock will Apple replace in the S & P Dow Jones Indices?
2. What are some of the unique facts in terms of Apple’s raw value?
3.What tends to distort the DJI index?

Source:
Thomas, L. (2015). In Boon to Its Stock, Apple Will Replace AT&T in Dow Index. The New York Times: Deal Book, March 7 (Retrievable online at http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/07/business/dealbook/apple-to-replace-att-in-dow-index.html?rref=homepage&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=
click&contentCollection=Home%20Page&pgtype=article)

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