The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a stock index comprised of 30 “blue-chip” US stocks. It is meant to be a way to measure the strength or weakness of the entire US stock market. Biggest one ...

It was created and named for then-editor Charles Dow and statistician and investing icon Edward Jones. It involved the simple average share price taken from 12 then-relevant U.S. industrial companies.

If you've overlooked industrial stocks in recent years, you're not alone. Compared with innovative biotechnology or software startups, a traditional manufacturer doesn't exactly make most ...

General Electric is set to lose its place as the last-standing member of the 1896 Dow Jones industrial average. S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Tuesday that drug retailer Walgreens Boots Alliance ...