If you were to buy and hold, which has better potential? Maybe the Dow Jones has stonger fundamentals?
in all due respect Sir...they are both exactly the same(bascially)...buy one(or sell one) or the other...run a comparision chart of either the Dow vs SP500, SPY vs Dia or ES vs YM...might be a slight % over the long term but really no difference...bottomline...they will both go down together or up together with a slight "unnoticeable to profit" variance
They move similarly, but not identical. http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=^GSPC#chart4:symbol=^gspc;range=2y;compare=^dji;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=on;source=undefined During some rallies, the Dow outpaces the S&P. So which one offers more potential now? (It takes the same to hold an S&P or Dow ETF).