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Investing Glossary:
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Copyright 2012,
Campbell R. Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
Do not reproduce without explicit permission.
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| Dow Jones Industrial Average
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| The best known US index of stocks. A price-weighted Average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily Industrials including, stocks that trade On the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow, as it is called, is a Barometer of how Shares of the largest US companies are performing. There are hundreds of Investment indexes around the world for stocks, bonds, currencies, and commodities.
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