Charles Dow
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1851 – 1902
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Who was Charles Dow?
Charles Henry Dow was an American journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company with Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser.
Dow also founded The Wall Street Journal, which has become one of the most respected financial publications in the world. He also invented the Dow Jones Industrial Average as part of his research into market movements. He developed a series of principles for understanding and analyzing market behavior which later became known as Dow theory, the groundwork for technical analysis.
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- Born
- Nov 6, 1851
Sterling - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Employment
- Dow Jones & Company
- Died
- Dec 4, 1902
Brooklyn
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on July 23, 2013
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