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Dow Jones Industrial Average The best known U.S. 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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EQUITIES: As the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted an all-time high above 12,000 last week and the S&P 500 marched to nearly six-year highs, the Nasdaq 100 Index showed controlled enthusiasm. the largest American insurer based on revenue--has been added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average index, an investment benchmark of the largest "blue chip" stocks, Dow Jones Co. html) conducted during a week in July when the Dow Jones industrial average plummeted nearly 700 points found 68% of likely voters nevertheless favor letting workers invest part of their Social Security taxes in personal retirement accounts, say researchers at the Cato Institute. |
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