Nvidia and Sherwin-Williams would have never been added if ... It focuses less on blue chip dividend stocks, which follows the same trends seen in the S&P 500. The Dow emphasizes future growth rather than companies that lack the earnings growth needed ...

Also know that, unlike the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq Composite, the Dow is weighted by price rather than by market cap. Although Nvidia has an outsized influence on the movements of the cap-weighted benchmarks, at current prices NVDA stock will be as important to the DJIA as, roughly, 3M ( MMM ).