The Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index is a float-adjusted index of 50 of the largest-capitalization and best known blue chip companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, Euronext, London Stock Exchange, and Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The DJ Global Titans 50 is part of the Dow Jones Global Titans Indexes that were created to reflect the globalization of international blue chip securities in the wake of mergers and the creation of mega-corporations. They are large cap companies with at least some of their operations outside of their domestic markets. Each index is constructed by selecting stocks from the corresponding benchmark indexes of the Dow Jones Global Indexes.
As of March 31, 2006 the DJ Global Titans 50 had a total market capitalization valued at USD$ 6,782.7 billion and a total return performance of 15.23 percent over the last three years.