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| − | The '''Dow Jones Industrial Average''', commonly known as the '''[[Dow Jones]]''', is a [[stock]] price index based on thirty prominent [[stocks]] on the [[New York Stock Exchange]]. [[File:Dow1925-2009.jpg|400px|thumb|Dow Jones index since 1925, in constant 2009 dollars]] | + | The '''Dow Jones Industrial Average''', commonly known as the '''[[Dow Jones]]''' or simply the '''Dow''', is a [[stock]] price index based on thirty prominent [[stocks]] on the [[New York Stock Exchange]]. [[File:Dow1925-2009.jpg|400px|thumb|Dow Jones index since 1925, in constant 2009 dollars]] |
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| | + | 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]]s and [[bond]]s 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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| | + | Due to the erosion of manufacturing jobs in the [[United States]] resultant from harmful [[free trade]] policies, the Dow is not really "industrial" any more. |
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| | + | Here are the 30 stocks in the "Dow": |
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| − | 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]]s and [[bond]]s 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]].
| + | *AXP - American Express Co |
| | + | *AAPL - Apple Inc |
| | + | *BA - Boeing Co |
| | + | *CAT - Caterpillar Inc |
| | + | *CSCO - Cisco Systems Inc |
| | + | *CVX - Chevron Corp |
| | + | *DD - E I du Pont de Nemours and Co |
| | + | *XOM - Exxon Mobil Corp |
| | + | *GE - General Electric Co |
| | + | *GS - Goldman Sachs Group Inc |
| | + | *HD - Home Depot Inc |
| | + | *IBM - International Business Machines Corp |
| | + | *INTC - Intel Corp |
| | + | *JNJ - Johnson & Johnson |
| | + | *KO - Coca-Cola Co |
| | + | *JPM - JPMorgan Chase & Co |
| | + | *MCD - McDonald's Corp |
| | + | *MMM - 3M Co |
| | + | *MRK - Merck & Co Inc |
| | + | *MSFT - Microsoft Corp |
| | + | *NKE - Nike Inc |
| | + | *PFE - Pfizer Inc |
| | + | *PG - Procter & Gamble Co |
| | + | *TRV - Travelers Companies Inc |
| | + | *UNH - UnitedHealth Group Inc |
| | + | *UTX - United Technologies Corp |
| | + | *VZ - Verizon Communications Inc |
| | + | *V - Visa Inc |
| | + | *WMT - Wal-Mart Stores Inc |
| | + | *DIS - Walt Disney Co |
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