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Dow

[dou, doh] / daʊ, doʊ /


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Yields on 10-year and 30-year Treasury bonds rose on Wednesday, snapping a two-day stretch of declines, Dow Jones Market Data showed.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

The S&P 500 tumbled 3.4% on the day of Powell’s speech and was down 9.92% a month later, as the below chart from Dow Jones Market Data shows.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.30%, the S&P 500 gained 0.32% and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.66%.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

By Sept. 3, 1929, the Dow would peak at 381.17, a 496.6% cumulative gain, or roughly a 24% annual return over eight years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen 449 points, to its lowest level in four years, and most of the market-moving news was coming not from the private sector but from government officials.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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