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WHAT IS THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE?

people were articulate about the bonds starting down 312 points today. does this meant the dow jones industrial normal went down 312 points? what is the dow jones industrial average? is which the stock? i know i receptive to advice similar to an idiot, though greatfully assistance me.

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6 Comments

  1. General Custer says:

    It is a group of stocks.

  2. puppywimp says:

    Is the way the value of money translates in the market.

  3. squadfix says:

    it is a price-weighted index of thirty stocks that all together are considered to be indicative of the overall stock market. they are bellweather stocks that try to cover all major segments of the economy.

    they consist of large companies such as General Electric, 3M, IBM, Disney, JPMOrgan Chase, etc.

    it is one of the least broad of the indices.. comapre it to the S&P 500, which has 500 stocks, or the Wilshire or Russell indices that have thousands.

    so they take each stock, and as of the ‘beginning date’ the price-weighted average is assigned a value, so that in teh end the Index is worth 1. as each stock goes up or down, it affects the index’s value.

  4. googie says:

    Squadfix has the answer. Study it and you will see what the fluctuation is all about.

  5. chuckles951 says:

    Look it up on wikipedia

  6. b2fnow says:

    go to the source

    http://www.djindexes.com/mdsidx/index.cfm?event=showAverages

    DJIA is an index of 30 stocks - largest companyies in America (Blue Chips)