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    The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is indeed the most publicized and extensively known stock market on the globe. Being a major contributor of the N Y S E (New York Stock Exchange) trading stocks (Ullivan, & Steven, 2003), the index shares the United States’ economy by a notably significant margin. Also, the index has been operational for long since its inception in the nineteenth century, making it the first to be quoted by other publications. Its reputation has mushroomed all over because

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    The Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ are both significant economic indicators. The Dow Jones was created by Charles Dow in 1896. “The Dow” is a price-weighted average of 30 significant stocks, most of which are traded on the New York Stock exchange. The NASDAQ is the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System. It is the first and largest electronic stock exchange in the world, consisting of more than 4000 stocks. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ are

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    The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is on the cusp of crossing 20,000 points. Let that sink in. Right now, you see the stock market booming and you 're beginning to think that you would like to get it in on the action. Whether it is in the form of stocks, mutual funds, real estate, lending investments and other types of investment vehicles, you are starting to wonder where you can park your income so your money can finally work for you as opposed to the opposite way, which is generally how

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    three weeks from the stock market project. Honestly, I was not surprised of my results. I did not take the time to research into my chosen stocks. Comparing to the Dow Jones Industrial Average I don't come nearly close to it. The Dow Jones is known to range from $17,000. My earnings is negative compared to the positive of the Dow Jones. This has taught me something if I possibly invest in the stock market in the future. Now that I know from experience on how the stock market works, I can

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    stocks. Those stocks were the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX:DJIA), Fitbit Inc. (NYSE:FIT) and GoPro Inc. (NASDAQ:PRO). Each stock has fluctuated differently over the past two months and each has their own reason as to why the company went up or down. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX:DJIA) stock price has been fluctuating and has moved up from 16,384on September 18 to 17,910 on November 6. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX:DJIA) is a price-weighted average of 30 significant stocks traded

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    The Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ composite are both significant economic indicators. The Dow Jones was created by Charles Dow in 1896. “The Dow” is a price-weighted average of 30 significant stocks, most of which are traded on the New York Stock exchange. The NASDAQ is the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System. It is the first and largest electronic stock exchange in the world, consisting of more than 4000 companies. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average

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    The Dow Jones is a stock index that includes thirty blue chip stocks, which are the superior public companies on the stock market. The Dow helps show how the stock market is fairing as a whole. It was invented by Charles Dow an American Journalist and one of his business partners Edward Jones who was a statistician in 1896. The thirty stocks on the Dow Jones Industrial Average are price weighted and trade on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. The Dow although very expansive in the data it shows

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    stock prices and international trade. As a result, we will be able to grasp the concept of how the Consumer Price Index (CPI), how to use an estimate the inflation from the CPI, Producer Price Index (PPI), prime rate and how to measure the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and international value of the dollar in the stock market. Introduction The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of releases the statistics of every part of that consist of prices, money and interest rates.

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    collected on the prices of commodities including Gold, Coal, and Oil. This is collected from the Federal Reserve of Economic Data. The price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Trade Weight United States of America Dollar Index: Broad also collected from the Federal Reserve of Economic Data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a price-weighted average of thirty individual and significant stocks that is traded on the

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    While the volume of Lichtenstein’s work stayed the same the year after his death, the average price dropped. Lichtenstein’s work cost an average of almost $1,000,000 per canvas in 1996, a peak over prior years (Figure 15). In 1997, the year of his death, the average dropped to $761,483 and continued to fall in 1998 to $435,037. Between the May 1997 and November 1997 auctions, however, average prices slightly rose from $618,400 to almost $1,000,000 (Figure 16). This could suggests a slight

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