The Dow Jones index finished up 0.5%. The S&P 500 added 0.4%, scoring its fifth consecutive closing high. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite gained 0.2%, also scoring a new closing high and a third ...

Some of the best-known stocks in the index have paid dividends to investors for 100 years and more. Investors can buy all 30 stocks with the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (NYSE: DIA).

The index has climbed about 17,000% since 1930. This is also why some investors like to bottom fish for undervalued stocks among the Dow Jones ' worst performers each year.