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  1. First calculated on May 26, 1896, the index is the second-oldest among U.S. market indices, after the Dow Jones Transportation Average. It was created by Charles Dow, co-founder of both The Wall Street Journal and the Dow Jones & Company, and named after him and his business associate, statistician Edward Jones.

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      Charles Henry Dow (/ d aʊ /; November 6, 1851 – December 4,...

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      Dow Jones & Company. Dow, Jones and Charles Bergstresser...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Charles_DowCharles Dow - Wikipedia

    Charles Henry Dow (/ d aʊ /; November 6, 1851 – December 4, 1902) was an American journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company with Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser. Dow also co-founded The Wall Street Journal, which has become one of the most respected financial

  3. Jan 16, 2023 · Charles Dow was an American financial journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company with Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser. He pioneered the development of The Wall Street Journal and the...

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    Dow Jones & Company. Dow, Jones and Charles Bergstresser founded Dow Jones & Company in 1882. That company eventually became a subsidiary of News Corp, and publishes The Wall Street Journal among other publications.

  5. Jun 7, 2024 · Dow Jones & Company was founded in 1882 by Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. Dow Jones started the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), as well as many other indexes. The DJIA...

  6. May 12, 2023 · Charles Dow, the creator of the DJIA, devised his first stock index in 1884. It consisted of two capitalized industrial and 12 capitalized railroad companies. Dow's intent was to track U.S....

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  8. Charles Henry Dow, cofounder of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and the first editor of The Wall Street Journal, was an American journalist and financial analyst. He created an index of a dozen leading stocks, mostly railroads, that eventually became the Dow-Jones Averages, the most popular and widely-read of all stock measurements.

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