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Re:WeWTF by gumby on Saturday August 17, 2019 @04:42PM (#20726214)
> "DJIA" (which turns out to just be an acronym for the Dow Jones)

Dow jones compiles indices on several sectors, not just the Industrials. Hence the four letters in the acronym.

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Re:WeWTF by lonelappde on Saturday August 17, 2019 @08:17PM (#20727315)
That's extremely misleading. DJIA is the original one and it's named that because A is for average and DJ is for Dow Jones. So only one of letters could vary in context, and only the I is the one people mean when they take about Dow Jones.

"The Dow" or "the Dow Jones" always means DJIA.

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Re:WeWTF by repsilat on Saturday August 17, 2019 @11:04PM (#20727971)
The WSJ is owned by "Dow Jones the company". Not "the" Dow Jones, I'll grant.

It comes up in their articles sometimes, and is probably why they prefer to refer to the DJIA as a measure of market price than the SPX.

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Re:WeWTF by paultopia on Saturday August 17, 2019 @05:49PM (#20726626)
Oooh thanks.
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Re:WeWTF by lonelappde on Saturday August 17, 2019 @08:17PM (#20727317)
Parent post was misleading, though.
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