Stock futures are pointing to a slightly lower open for major indexes on Wednesday as investors respond to a slew of earnings reports from retailers and brace for a big speech later in the week by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Dow ETFs vary widely, giving investors choices between stability, income generation or leverage keyed to the index.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is outpacing the other indexes on Tuesday, potentially on its way to a new record. The Dow was trading at 45,176.19, up about 0.6% on Tuesday. Part of this bump was due to the jump in shares from Home Depot.

Policymaker sentiment will take a front seat heading into the annual Jackson Hole central banking summit.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, also known as the “Dow,” shook up its constituents earlier this week. Cloud computing and software provider Salesforce.com CRM replaced oil giant Exxon Mobil XOM.

Shares of Walmart and Salesforce are seeing declines Thursday morning, dragging the Dow Jones Industrial Average into negative territory.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed the 30000 mark for the first time Tuesday, after more than a century of tracking the stocks of big U.S. companies. The blue-chip index’s ups and downs ...

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