What is the Dow Jones or the DJIA?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (often referred to as the “Dow”) is an averaged number representing the values of 30 U.S. “blue-chip” stocks. The DJIA is the most well-known market indicator in the world and was created in 1896 by Dow Jones & Company, which is actually a publicly-traded company (DJ) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). They produce many important business publications including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and several stock indexes.
