"Dow Jones Industrial Average, 1990–1999"

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By: Dow Jones

Date: August 2002

Source: "Dow Jones Industrial Average, 1990–1999." Available online at http://www.djindexes.com/downloads/DJIA_broch.pdf; website home page: http://www.djindexes.com (accessed June 6, 2003).

About the Author: The Dow Jones company provides investors with detailed information about the buying and selling of stocks and bonds, especially with its creation of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index in 1896.

Introduction

On May 26, 1896, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published by creator Charles Dow, one of the founders of The Wall Street Journal newspaper. Since then, the makeup of this well-known stock index (one of many, including the NASDAQ and the Russell 1000, 2000, and 3000 indices) has changed over...

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