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  |  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  |  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...