http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average#Hi... If you bought the original dj

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average#Hi... If you bought the original djia in 1896 and were still alive you'd be very wealthy.