Major stock indexes soared Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting an all-time high, after the U.S. military seized Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro over the weekend.

Among the Dow Jones Industrial Average's 30 time-tested components, there are two inexpensive industry leaders that can deliver for patient investors, as well as a highflier that may struggle to justify its premium valuation.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit record all-time highs in 2025 with many of the components ending the year higher. Along with serving as a well-known barometer of overall market health, the index offers some of the top yielding blue-chip stocks.

Asian stock markets slipped as US futures retreated on Venezuela oil tensions, while traders weighed Fed rate cut odds and upcoming US jobs data.

High-yielding Dow stocks outperformed the broader market this year. Will new Dow dogs Home Depot, Nike, and UnitedHealth keep the streak going?

Alphabet climbed more than 2% Wednesday, thus putting it ahead of Apple in market cap, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The Google parent now holds second place with $3.89 trillion in value, behind only Nvidia's $4.6 trillion. Apple now sits at $3.85 trillion.

News Corp's Dow Jones said on Wednesday it had signed an exclusive deal with Polymarket to bring real-time prediction market data to its outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and MarketWatch.