Its named after Charles Dow and Edward Jones
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Dow Jones industrial average represents 30 biggest companies in stock market which determines how is the stock market doing at that given time.
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, began in 1971 as a way to electronically trade more than 5,000 stocks. Currently, it is home to major tech stocks, such as Microsoft, Dell, Mac.
The Dow Jones index is not an investment itself, but rather a stock market index that measures the performance of a selected group of 30 large publicly traded companies. Investors can use the Dow Jones index as a benchmark to gauge the overall performance of the stock market or as a basis for investment strategies. To invest in the Dow Jones index, investors can consider purchasing exchange-traded funds (ETFs) or mutual funds that closely track its performance.
A stock market refers to entire market of equity, either public or privately owned, for trading in the shares, stocks, derivatives of the various companies."The stocks are listed and traded on stock exchanges which are entities a corporation or mutual organization specialized in the business of bringing buyers and sellers of the organizations to a listing of stocks and securities together" , like NASDAQ, BSE, DOWJONES, London Stock Exchange etc.