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title: "Dow Jones Global Index: Methodology"
description: "Dow Jones Global Index is maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices and covers broad global equity benchmark. How the index selects and weights its constituents, and what that means for what it measures."
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# Dow Jones Global Index: What It Measures and How It Is Built







## Direct Answer



> The Dow Jones Global Index is a rule-based measurement of broad global equity benchmark, maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. Like every index it owns nothing: it is a number produced by applying a published weighting formula to a selected list of companies, revised on a schedule the provider sets.








## What this index covers



The Dow Jones Global Index covers broad global equity benchmark, within the Global market. S&P Dow Jones Indices defines which securities are eligible, how they are selected from that pool, and how much each one contributes to the published number.



The index name does not state a fixed company count, so the number of constituents follows the eligibility rules rather than a target.








## How constituents are weighted



Swoopr has not verified the weighting method for this index against S&P Dow Jones Indices's current methodology document, so none is stated here rather than guessed. The provider link below is authoritative.








## Current Dow Jones Global Index constituents



S&P Dow Jones Indices publishes and licenses the Dow Jones Global Index constituent list. Swoopr does not republish it here. The provider's own page is the authoritative source for current membership and weights.



[S&P Dow Jones Indices: official Dow Jones Global Index page](https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/)








## Related reading



- [All stock market indexes](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/indexes/): how indexes are built, weighted and revised.
- [Global indexes](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/indexes/global/): others covering the same region.
- [Index concentration](https://www.getswoopr.com/technical-analysis/market-concentration/index-concentration/): measuring how much of an index sits in its largest holdings.
- [Index rebalancing and inclusion effects](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/corporate-actions-catalysts/index-rebalancing-and-inclusion-effects/): what happens to a stock when index membership changes.








## Frequently Asked Questions


### Who maintains the Dow Jones Global Index?



S&P Dow Jones Indices maintains the Dow Jones Global Index and publishes the methodology document that defines its eligibility and weighting rules.




### What does the Dow Jones Global Index measure?



It measures broad global equity benchmark. The index is a calculated number applying a weighting formula to a selected list of companies, and it holds nothing itself.




### Where can I see the current Dow Jones Global Index constituents?



S&P Dow Jones Indices publishes the current constituent list. Swoopr does not republish it, because index providers license constituent data and Swoopr holds no such licence.











## About the author



The [Swoopr Editorial Team](https://www.getswoopr.com/authors/swoopr-editorial-team/) writes Swoopr Investment's educational library, covering market structure, analysis methods and the mechanics behind the numbers investors read every day.



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