Year to Date Performance of Dow 30 Members

Below we highlight the year to date performance of the 30 DJIA members with four months remaining in 2008.  As shown, Wal-Mart (WMT) tops the list with a gain of 27.5% year to date.  WMT is trailed by IBM (14%), McDonald's (8.2%), Johnson&Johnson (7.8%), and Home Depot (6.1%).  DuPont (DD) and Disney (DIS) are the other two Dow members that are up on the year.  AIG is down the most this year with a decline of 62%, followed by General Motors (-57%), Merck (-38.5%), Citigroup (-33.9%), and Boeing (-23%).  Twenty-three stocks out of 30 are down for the year, while 7 are up.  And with a decline of 16.07% year to date, Exxon Mobil ranks 19th out of the 30 Dow stocks in terms of performance.  After losing a sixth of its value this year, that windfall profit tax is not something XOM is looking forward to dealing with.