The Dow Jones Industrial Average is the average of these thirty stocks, and is a commonly used indicator of general trends in the prices of [[stock|stocks]] s and [[bond|bonds]] s in the [[United States]]. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published by ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' editor Charles Dow in 1896 with twelve stocks. The only stock of the original twelve that is still a part of the Average is [[General Electric]].
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:98%; margin:left;"
|+
|+
|+
|align="right"|+802
|align="right"|+6.4%
|align="right"|3.95%
|-
!2008
|align="right"|-4,488
|align="right"|-33.8%
|align="right"|13.70%
|-
!2009
|align="right"|+1,652
|align="right"|+18.8%
|align="right"|11.30%
|-
!2010
|align="right"|+1,149
|align="right"|+11.0%
|align="right"|4.35%
|-
!2011
|align="right"|+640
|align="right"|+5.5%
|align="right"|4.15%
|-
!2012
|align="right"|+887
|align="right"|+7.3%
|align="right"|2.50%
|-
!2013
|align="right"|+3,473
|align="right"|+26.5%
|align="right"|4.80%
|-
!2014
|align="right"|+1,246
|align="right"|+7.5%
|align="right"|3.3130%
|-
!2015
|align="right"|-398
|align="right"|-2.2%
|align="right"|3.1415%|-|} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:98%; margin:left;"|+|+2008-2009 by quarter!Quarter!closing price!change!% change!coeff. var<br>volatility|-|align="right"|2008 1st|align="right"|12,263|align="right"|-1,002|align="right"|-7.6%|align="right"|2.30%|-|align="right"|2nd|align="right"|11,350|align="right"|-913|align="right"|-7.3%|align="right"|3.40%|-|align="right"|3rd|align="right"|10,851|align="right"|-499|align="right"|-4.4%|align="right"|2.25%|-|align="right"|4th|align="right"|8,776|align="right"|-2,074|align="right"|-19.1%|align="right"|12.15%|-|align="right"|2009 1st|align="right"|7,609|align="right"|-1,167|align="right"|-13.3%|align="right"|8.05%|-|align="right"|2nd|align="right"|8,447|align="right"|+838|align="right"|+11.0%|align="right"|3.25%|-|align="right"|3rd|align="right"|9,712|align="right"|+1,265|align="right"|+15.0%|align="right"|5.30%|-|align="right"|4th|align="right"|10,428|align="right"|+716|align="right"|+7.4%|align="right"|2.90%
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