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That is only one drawback of the DJIA. Another reflects the fact that today, the stock market is much more geographically dispersed and fragmented by company size and industry. During the early 1900s, the Industrial Revolution spurred the creation of large industrial-type companies, many of whic...
The DJIA is the second-oldest U.S. market index after the Dow Jones Transportation Average. The DJIA was designed to serve as a proxy for the health of the broader U.S. economy. Often referred to simply as the Dow, it is one of the most-watched stock market indexes in the world. W...