DJIA

Blue-chip stock index

The DJIA is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a stock market index tracking thirty major American companies.

It's one of the oldest and most-watched indicators of U.S. market performance: The DJIA dropped 500 points on the news.

Often shortened to "the Dow."

index

blue chip

Stable, reputable investment

NASDAQ · Nikkei · FTSE · Hang Seng · tracking · weighting · components · index fund · ETF · rebalancing

trading

ticker

Informal term for heart

closing bell · volume · shares · equities · securities · broker · trader · buy · sell · bid

economics

recession

Prolonged economic decline

growth · fiscal policy · monetary policy · Federal Reserve · interest rates · consumer confidence · trade war · tariffs · economic indicator · recovery

trends

bullish

Expecting market gains

crash · volatility · momentum · resistance · support · breakout · pullback · uptrend · downtrend · all-time high

investment

portfolio

Collected works or assets

IRA · mutual funds · index fund · pension · dividend · yield · capital gains · long-term · wealth · assets

Opposites
market breadth

DJIAS&P 500

Major stock market index

market segment

DJIApenny stocks

Very low-priced shares

growth stocks · meme stocks

asset class

DJIAgold

Element seventy-nine

cash · money market · cryptocurrency

Family

Dow, Jones, industrialize, industrialization, industrialized, industry, industries, industrious, industriously

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Rated G