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The Dow Jones And Company
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Dow Jones & Company was founded in 1882 by Charles Dow, Edward
Jones and Charles Bergstresser. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now
the world's most vital business and financial news and information service.
The DJIA is an index of 30 "blue-chip" US stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial
Average trac ....
Middle of essay ....industrial average. Here is
an example: Imagine three stocks selling at $5, $10 and $15. Their average
price is $10. Now assume the $15 stock is split three-for-one, and the
stock sells for $5. Nothing has happened to the value of a investmenting
in these shares, but the average of their prices now is $6.67, not $10.
An adjustment must be made to compensate so that the "average" will remain
at $10. This can be done in several ways mathematically, but at Dow Jones
it is handled by changing the d.... |
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