Dow Jones is a combination of the names of business partners
Charles Dow and
Edward Jones.
Dow Jones & Company
Dow, Jones and
Charles Bergstresser founded
Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (also known simply as Dow Jones) is an American publishing firm owned by News Corp, and led by CEO Almar Latour. The company publishes ''The Wall Street Journal'', '' Barron's'', '' MarketWatch'', ''Mansion Global'' ...
in 1882. That company eventually became a subsidiary of News Corp, and publishes ''
The Wall Street Journal
''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscriptio ...
'' among other publications.
Stock market indices
In 2010, 90% of the Dow Jones Indexes subsidiary was sold to the CME Group. Since 2012, S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC — a joint venture between S&P Global, the CME Group, and News Corp — produces, maintains, licenses, and markets stock market indices.
Among these indices are:
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Dow Jones Industrial Average
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity indice ...
, one of the most widely utilized indices of the US stock market, measuring the stock performance of 30 large companies
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Dow Jones Transportation Average, the oldest stock index in use
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Dow Jones Utility Average, tracking the performance of 15 prominent U.S. utility companies
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Dow Jones Global Indexes, a family of international equity indexes
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Dow Jones Composite Average, tracking 65 prominent companies
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Dow Jones Global Titans 50
The Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Stock market index, index is a float-adjusted index of 50 of the largest (by market capitalization) and best known Blue chip (stock market), blue chip companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock E ...
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S&P 500
The Standard and Poor's 500, or simply the S&P 500, is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 leading companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followed equity indices and in ...
Sustainability indices
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), launched in 1999, are a family of indices evaluating the sustainability performance of thousands of companies.
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Dow Jones and the Industrials, an American music band 1979–1981
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