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Dow Jones Industrial Average (view source)
Revision as of 15:57, February 8, 2016
, 15:57, February 8, 2016+ chart of recent prices
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is the average of these thirty stocks, and is a commonly used indicator of general trends in the prices of [[stock|stocks]] and [[bond|bonds]] in the [[United States]]. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published by ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' editor Charles Dow in 1896 with twelve stocks. The only stock of the original twelve that is still a part of the Average is [[General Electric]].
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is the average of these thirty stocks, and is a commonly used indicator of general trends in the prices of [[stock|stocks]] and [[bond|bonds]] in the [[United States]]. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published by ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' editor Charles Dow in 1896 with twelve stocks. The only stock of the original twelve that is still a part of the Average is [[General Electric]].
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!Year
!closing price
!change
!% change
!coeff. var<br>volatility
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!2007
|align="right"|13,265
|align="right"|+802
|align="right"|+6.4%
|align="right"|
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!2008
|align="right"|8,776
|align="right"|-4,488
|align="right"|-33.8%
|align="right"|
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!2009
|align="right"|10,428
|align="right"|+1,652
|align="right"|+18.8%
|align="right"|
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!2010
|align="right"|11,578
|align="right"|+1,149
|align="right"|+11.0%
|align="right"|
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!2011
|align="right"|12,218
|align="right"|+640
|align="right"|+5.5%
|align="right"|
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!2012
|align="right"|13,104
|align="right"|+887
|align="right"|+7.3%
|align="right"|
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!2013
|align="right"|16,577
|align="right"|+3,473
|align="right"|+26.5%
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!2014
|align="right"|17,823
|align="right"|+1,246
|align="right"|+7.5%
|align="right"|3.31%
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!2015
|align="right"|17,425
|align="right"|-398
|align="right"|-2.2%
|align="right"|3.14%
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==Sources==
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