Dow Jones

Summary

Dow Jones is a combination of the names of business partners Charles Dow and Edward Jones.

Dow Jones & Company edit

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.

Stock market indices edit

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:

See also:

Sustainability indices edit

The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), launched in 1999, are a family of indices evaluating the sustainability performance of thousands of companies.

See also edit

  • All pages with titles beginning with Dow Jones
  • All pages with titles containing Dow Jones
  •   The dictionary definition of Dow Jones at Wiktionary
  • Dow Jones and the Industrials, an American music band 1979–1981