 As investors continue monitoring the Federal Reserves actions to control inflation, five Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks that have outperformed the Standard Poors 500 Index in the year to date include Chevron Corp. CVX , Financial, Merck Co. Inc. MRK , Financial, The Travelers Companies Inc. TRV , Financial, Amgen Inc. AMGN , Financial and Dow Inc. DOW , Financial according to the All-in-One Screener, a Premium feature of GuruFocus. 