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"The DOW" refers to the Dow Jones Industrial Average; which is a general measure of the Stock Market based on a number of key factors. It's tracked by Dow Jones & Company a financial firm in New York City. It's one of the major stock market indices that people use to measure the health of the economy. Generally when the DOW is high the economy is good, and when the DOW drops the economy isn't doing so well.
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∙ 14y agoThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), commonly just referred to as "The Dow", is an average of the price of 30 stocks. The stocks represent 30 of the largest and most widely traded stocks in the United States. The Dow Jones Corporation, the administrators of the index, changes the stocks in the index from time to time. This information was found on the following internet site: http://economics.about.com/cs/stockmarket/a/dow_jones.htm
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Are the letters in Dow of Dow Jones mean a name?
Charles Dow was the co founder of Dow Jones News.
What was Neal Dow's last name?
Neal Dow's last name is Dow
What is the market cap for Dow Chemical Company - The - DOW?
As of July 2014, the market cap for Dow Chemical Company (The) (DOW) is $64,826,496,072.32.
What is the full form of Dow Jones?
Dow Jones is less commonly known as Dow Jones Industrial Common. Dow Jones is a stock market index, created by Charles Henry Dow.
What is the birth name of Creagen Dow?
Creagen Dow's birth name is Creagen McCormick Dow.
What is the birth name of Marlon Dow?
Marlon Dow's birth name is Marlon Augustus Dow.
What is the birth name of Mindy Dow?
Mindy Dow's birth name is Melinda B. Dow.
What is the birth name of Nancy Dow?
Nancy Dow's birth name is Nancy E. Dow.
What is the birth name of Greg Dow?
Greg Dow's birth name is Gregory Thomas Dow.
When did the Dow Dow bird became extinct?
The Dodo bird was last seen in 1662, so it went extinct about that time.
What is a Dow?
A Dow is a off spring of a yak and a cow !
