Dow
Wall Street barometer
Dow refers to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a stock market index tracking thirty major American companies.
It serves as a shorthand indicator of U.S. market performance: The Dow dropped 500 points today.
Financial news treats Dow movements as a barometer of economic health. (Lowercase dow is an archaic Scottish verb.)
American finance hub
- NYSELargest equities market
- tradingExchanging for value
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
brokerage · traders · analyst · floor · exchange · stocks · shares · portfolio
Shares in stable companies
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- S&P 500Major stock market index
- NASDAQElectronic securities exchange
- tickerInformal term for heart
bull market · bear market · trading volume · capitalization · composite · points · rally · selloff
Irregular rises and falls
- swingsRhythmic back-and-forth movements
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- crashSudden violent impact
rally · turbulence · instability · uncertainty · risk · market sentiment · panic · recovery
Prolonged economic decline
- inflationSustained price level increase
- growthIncrease in size
- GDPNational output abbreviation
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
fiscal policy · monetary policy · trade deficit · surplus · depression · boom · bust · expansion
Wall Street
American finance hub
- NYSELargest equities market
- tradingExchanging for value
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
equities · brokerage · traders · analyst · floor · exchange · stocks · shares · portfolio · dividends
blue chips
Shares in stable companies
ticker · bull market · bear market · trading volume · capitalization · composite · points · rally · selloff · correction
fluctuations
Irregular rises and falls
- swingsRhythmic back-and-forth movements
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- correctionFixing of mistakes
crash · rally · turbulence · instability · uncertainty · risk · market sentiment · panic · recovery · plunge
recession
Prolonged economic decline
unemployment · fiscal policy · monetary policy · trade deficit · surplus · depression · boom · bust · expansion · contraction
- Wall Streetstock market, bond market, stocks, shares, Wall Street
- adhesivesglue, epoxy, tape, adhesive, Elmer's
- corporationsApple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Toyota
- investingstocks, stock, bonds, investing, investor
- stock marketstock, shares, stocks, trading, stock market
- trading slangbull, short, long, dip, pump
Dowmarket crash
Sudden market decline
Black Monday · market collapse · bear market · downturn · recession
- the dowStock market indicator
- Dow JonesStock market benchmark
- dowry systemMatrimonial wealth transfer practice
- Dow Jones Industrial AverageStock market index
- Dow futuresDerivatives tracking blue-chip index
- dower houseWidow's provided dwelling
widow, endow, endowment, widowed, dowry, widower, widows, endowed, endowing