Charles Dow
Charles Henry Dow (/daʊ/; November 6, 1851 – December 4, 1902) was an American journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company with Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser.
Charles Dow | |
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| Born | Charles Henry Dow November 6, 1851 Sterling, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | December 4, 1902 (aged 51) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | North Burial Ground Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Dow also co-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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