Charles Dow

• Do Indexes Matter?

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  December 26, 2011

  One of the driving forces behind the exploding number of new exchange-traded products (ETPs) is the exploding number of new indexes. And since the bulk of the $1.1 trillion ETP marketplace is still linked to products with underlying indexes, advisors better know their indexes. Do you go with a traditional...

• Research Senior Editor Ken Silber discusses the history of technical analysis

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  October 21, 2010

  Research Senior Editor Ken Silber on the Gabe Wisdom Show of 10/11/10, Business Talk Radio, discusses Charles Dow and other pioneers of technical analysis.

• Just Technicalities?

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  October 1, 2010

  The late Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Samuelson, key figure in his profession and author of its biggest-selling textbook, wrote scornfully about "gypsy tea-leaf readers, Wall...

• The Dow Jones: A Truly Unique Barometer

  By Staff Writer  |  September 1, 2008

  The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published by Charles Dow in 1896 and followed the Dow Jones Transportation Average. A walk down memory lane reveals...