HISTORIC NEWS: DOW JONES HITS 50,000
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall â February 6, 2026 What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)? It's an index. In 1896, journalist Charles Dow and his business partner, statistician Edward Jones developed this tool to track the health of the American economy. Initially, they chose 12 industrial stocks. What you may not know […]