Charles Dow
American journalist (1851–1902)
Charles Henry Dow (November 6, 1851 – December 4, 1902) was an American journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company with Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser.2
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Born Nov 6, 1851, died Dec 4, 1902.1
About
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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Companies
- Dow Jones & CompanyFounder10
- S&P Dow Jones IndicesFounder11
Career
Occupation: journalist, entrepreneur, economist.6
- Date not recordedFounded Dow Jones & Company3
- Date not recordedFounded S&P Dow Jones Indices4
- Date not recordedFounded The Wall Street Journal5
Personal life
At age 30, having moved to New York City the prior year to accept a job offer, Dow married his wife Lucy, who had a daughter from a previous marriage. The couple had no children of their own. He died on December 4, 1902 in Brooklyn, New York.
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- 1WikidataCharles Dow on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaCharles Dow on Wikipedia
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- 10WikidataDow Jones & Company, Founder
- 11WikidataS&P Dow Jones Indices, Founder
- 12Wikimedia CommonsCharles Dow photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain