Research Paper on:
Analysis and History of the Dow Jones Industrial Average

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for the last few years in order to determine the cause of these major swings and what it is that is preventing a strong recovery. This is an excellent  overview of the Dow Jones and gives the student an effective basis on which to proceed with further research regarding market crises and possible recovery scenarios. THE DOW JONES  FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS One country that has affected that of the United States in the issues of responding to market outcomes in America is that of China.  In 1998 Chinas stock market operated smoothly and we saw it continue to grow. By the end of 1999 the number of companies listed on domestic markets in China  had reached eight hundred fifty one that is an increase of one hundred and six, or fourteen percent, for the year. The chairman of the Securities Regulatory Commission said  that by the end of that year the total market value had exceeded 24.46 percent of the gross domestic product, and the number of registered investors reached thirty nine million.  The Dow Jones Industrial report continued to say that one hundred twenty enterprises listed stocks on both domestic and overseas markets. One hundred fifty seven enterprises listed A  shares and two companies issued convertible bonds which all had an aggregate capital-raising volume of 84.14 billion (Madigan 1999). Because of both domestic and international factors, the Dow Jones reported  that the secondary market was bearish but that the fluctuations of the stock indices were plainly reduced and the market operations stability improved further. In 1999 the Securities Regulatory  Commission actively promoted securities regulatory reform and reinforced the efforts to rectify stock and futures markets to help prevent stock market risk. There were also efforts made to support