the Dow
noun
US
: the daily average of the stock prices of a group of large American companies : the Dow-Jones industrial average
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So perhaps the Dow’s new milestone this week was the more significant development, since it’s less heavily weighted toward those big tech behemoths, according to Dave Mazza, chief executive officer of Roundhill Investments.
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Jan-Patrick Barnert, Fortune, 18 May 2024
The stock market’s venerable yardstick, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, just made history – crossing 40,000 for the first time.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
Nonetheless a rally in technology shares can still have a spillover impact on the Dow.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 16 May 2024
But the damage was short-lived: Within a year, the Dow was back to pre-crash levels.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
Overjoyed economists began prognosticating as many as six rate cuts in 2024, which resulted in the Dow Jones shooting up to record levels and the bulls claiming a recession had been definitively avoided.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 7 May 2024
Markets opened mixed, with the S&P 500 largely flat, the Dow up 0.4% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq down 0.6%.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2024
UnitedHealth’s upbeat results drove up the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday.
—Reuters, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
The tech-heavy Nasdaq has followed close behind with 9% growth over that period, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average has jumped more than 5%.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2024
Jan-Patrick Barnert, Fortune, 18 May 2024
The stock market’s venerable yardstick, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, just made history – crossing 40,000 for the first time.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
Nonetheless a rally in technology shares can still have a spillover impact on the Dow.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 16 May 2024
But the damage was short-lived: Within a year, the Dow was back to pre-crash levels.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
Overjoyed economists began prognosticating as many as six rate cuts in 2024, which resulted in the Dow Jones shooting up to record levels and the bulls claiming a recession had been definitively avoided.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 7 May 2024
Markets opened mixed, with the S&P 500 largely flat, the Dow up 0.4% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq down 0.6%.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2024
UnitedHealth’s upbeat results drove up the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday.
—Reuters, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
The tech-heavy Nasdaq has followed close behind with 9% growth over that period, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average has jumped more than 5%.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2024
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