From TheStreet.com:
There are good stocks to buy and then there is a group of stocks that can be considered the best of the best in the investing world.
Now 119 years old, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the second oldest stock market index and the stocks in this index make up some of the largest and influential companies in the U.S., representing about one quarter of the value of the entire U.S. stock market. Recently Apple (AAPL) made big news when it was added to the Dow in March, representing a new era of influential technology companies, replacing old-school telecom AT&T (T).
Of the 30 stocks within the DJIA, these six stocks are top rated.