7 Dow Stocks to Buy to Tap Into a Hidden Bull Market It’s a bear market, and virtually all stocks are trending downward. But some are holding up better than others, and the Dow Jones Industrial Index stocks are one of the stronger groups. Through Sept. 26, the Dow Jones was down 20% for the year. That’s not great, of course. But it’s well ahead of the SP 500 which is down 24% and the Nasdaq , which has sunk 31% over the same period. The Dow skews much more than other indexes towards so-called “old economy” stocks that are in more staid industries. That’s not always a plus, but it has served the index well in 2022 as the Dow stocks have managed to avoid the same extent of selling that we’ve seen in more growth-focused indexes. Here are seven Dow stocks to buy that will enable investors to cash in on this change in market sentiment. JNJ Johnson Johnson $165,67 GS Goldman Sachs $291.27 VZ Verizon $39 V Visa $178.36 DOW Dow Inc. $43.60 BA Boeing $127 MMM 3M $112 Johnson Johnson (JNJ) Source: Alexander Tolstykh | Shutterstock.com Johnson Johnson (NYSE: JNJ ) is the perfect example of the hidden bull market in many Dow stocks.