dow jones

He is one of the most important indices of the US stock market, whose founder is the pioneer of technical analysis Charles Dow. The industrial Dow Jones index shows changes in the stock quotes of the 30 largest US corporations. Each company in the Index has the same impact on the index, regardless of its capitalization. The components of the index are periodically reviewed by the editors of the Wall Street Journal. The index is calculated since 1884, and was first published on May 26, 1896. This index is perfectly suited for measuring the dynamics of quotations of the largest companies in the market capitalization, similar to the European indices CAC-40 or DAX, however, to measure the dynamics of the broader US market, the S & P 500 is better suited.