The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a stock market index that measures the performance of 30 large, publicly traded companies in the United States. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a price-weighted average of 30 significant stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq. It is often used as a proxy for the overall health of the stock market and the economy. The DJIA was first calculated on May 26, 1896 and has been published by the Wall Street Journal since its inception. The DJIA is currently managed by S&P Dow Jones Indices, a joint venture between S ..read more

Stock Market Crash 2020 – Update With the extreme market volatility, we invited you to view and download SRC’s 50-Year Charts for the DJIA and the S&P 500. Why are these charts so important? They give you the view of the stock market indices for the past 50-years through 14 periods of economic expansion and contraction. With investors not knowing what the future holds, the past gives a pretty clear indication about two very important indicators: The first is the 48-month moving average (plotted in light blue). As you can see from the charts, the markets have nearly hit this important lo ..read more

People are often afraid of investing because of unpredictability of the Stock Market. This was a fair point until the beginning of the 1900s. But today when we have numerical values to base our research on, we can make reliable investments by predicting future market trends. Dow Jones Industrial Average, popularly known as “The Dow”, was devised by H. Dow, a financial journalist, and Edward Jones on May 26, 1896. Since then, there has been a lot of changes in terms of its contributing components and the calculating techniques; yet it is now the most popularly referenced Stock Market Index. Bef ..read more

It is more than often that we come across the term Dow Jones Industrial Average or DJIA in news, but besides knowing that it is something related to the stock market exchange or economy, what really do you know about it? The biggest drop in DJIA was registered on October 29, 1929 ( still known as ‘Black Tuesday’ ) and was followed by a 12-year long economic depression. This is no coincidence but, in fact, DJIA has been used as a benchmark for the US economy for a long time now. So, in the process of understanding this stock market index, let us start with the basic question – What is Dow Jones ..read more

There has been a substantial increase in the ways of investment and even people, with some extra money, are blindfoldedly investing in stocks. The world of shares and stock exchange is less complicated than you think. And after all, why test your luck when you have numbers to bestow your faith in. People have been investing without researching about the company and are losing their life savings over ignorant investments. Investments, if done right, can earn you a lot of money and we have many examples of legends who made a fortune from their investments. The world of stock exchange has signifi ..read more

We often hear terms like “stocks” or “stock market” and they seem to lure us in. But if you think about it, there is not much you know about these terms perhaps movies starring Will Smith (Chris Gardner, in off-screen) from The Pursuit of Happyness got selected in a brokerage firm. Or maybe you saw Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street, who started off as a stockbroker in a Wall Street brokerage firm. The world of stock-market surely is enticing but how much do we really know of it? The answer to this question is mostly along the line of “Not much” or “Maybe a little”. Right? So let us ..read more

If you are already in the stock marketing, you must be well aware with the significance of stock market charts. And if you are just starting out investing in the stock market, you should become proficient in the technical analysis as well as the fundamental analysis of individual stocks, and you might not be well informed about the importance of technical and fundamental analysis. Securities Research Company, an investment research company that provides a century of historical data and user-friendly stock research products can enhance your investing performance. So let’s discuss technical anal ..read more

If you ever hear an investor saying, the market has gone up or down; chances are they are referring to Dow Jones Industrial Average. The second oldest active stock market index in the USA, DJIA is now one of the most preferred indexes for changes in the stock market. Created by Charles Down in 1885, this chart was made with the objective to denote how impactful are the companies for the US economy. The original Dow stocks include: American Cotton Oil American Tobacco General Electric American Sugar U.S. Rubber Chicago Gas National Lead Laclede Gas Tennessee Coal and Iron U.S. Leather Distillin ..read more

Are you considering investing the stock market? Are you familiar with the foundation and one of the most significant and determinant tool of the stock market; stock charts? Every investor should have thorough knowledge regarding various aspects of a stock chart, and they must know their way about it. Like they say “one must go to the battlefield well-informed and fully-prepared.” Hence it is vital that every investor knows the following things about stock charts: WHAT IS A STOCK CHARTS? A stock chart is a price chart that displays the change in price of the particular stock over time. It also ..read more

Are you new to the stock market? Are the whole bulls and bears conversations on business channels making you enthusiastic as well as unhinged at the same time? The stock market and culture of stock investing are indeed confusing, complex. It intimidates people into taking regrettable or celebratory decisions. Success in the stock market is all about being well-informed, doing thorough research, learning your way about stock charts and building a cunning yet effective strategy to increase your probability of profit generation. Out of the key factors mentioned above, being able to read and unde ..read more