“道”和“琼斯”是两个人,在《不列颠百科全书》上可以查到他们的名字:Charles Henry Dow 和 Edward D. Jones。按理,两个英文名字组合在一起构成一个意义单位时,中间应该加三分线连接号(连字符)“-”,作 Dow -Jones,令人不解的是《不列颠百科全书》却没加。 Dow Jones average, stock price average computed by Dow Jones & Company, Inc. The averages are among the most commonly used indicators of general trends in the prices of stocks and bonds in the United States. Dow Jones & Company, a financial news publisher founded by Charles Henry Dow and Edward D. Jones, began computing a daily industrials average in 1896, using a list of 12 stocks and dividing their total price by 12. The list of stocks has since been broadened, and the divisor has been adjusted to compensate for stock splits, stock substitutions, and significant dividend changes. Thus, the averages ... (100 of 209 words)