Understanding the Dow Jones Averages and Their Limits
Amateurs misinterpret the Dow Jones industrial average as representing the whole market. Analysts debate its representativeness, noting it covers 30 large stocks and excludes many sectors, while others favor broader indexes like the S&P 500 or NYSE Composite for accuracy.
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John Dorfman
New York
Dow
New York Stock Exchange
Charles Lewis
Winkler, Cantor, Pomboy &Co
Standard & Poor
Wall Street
Dow Jones & Co
Goodyear Mill Earnings Rise 1972 in Decatur Area
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co textile mill near Decatur posted 1972 employe earnings of 4.8 million dollars, up 23 percent from 1971 with an average of 660 workers. The plant bought 227 thousand dollars in goods from 124 firms within 50 miles and earned top honor for industrial housekeeping among Goodyear domestic textile plants.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Ray Thomas
Goodyear
Decatur
Thomas
Tampering With Cable Seen As Dual Threat
Decatur TeleCable manager Skip Meadows says illegal hookups risk prosecution and personal injury due to high voltage. He notes two men were fined in city court last week for tampering with telecom equipment and warns prosecutions will continue. High voltage near tele cable lines on poles endangers untrained individuals attempting shortcuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big 10 Tires
Westgate Shopping Center
Millard Buchmann
Buchmann
Bill Aycock
Frank Neville
Caddell Drug Store
2Nd Ave
City Building Department
Aycock
Neville
Andrew Frederick Redman Sr
Lyons
Wolverine Dr. SE
Decatur TeleCable
Skip Meadows
Meadows
Divorce Rates Rise Dramatically In 1973 Outlook
Sylvia Porter reports divorce projections for 1973 with over 1.5 million expected to be divorced and another 1.5 million to begin divorce, marking a near fourfold rise from a decade earlier. The piece notes contributing factors, geographic and demographic patterns, and warns of the high economic costs and planning required for divorce.
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New York
Safety record noted as George Hughey observes
While George Hughey, technical center host, looks on, the scene captures a safety record moment with the Daily Photo watermark signaling a newsroom snapshot.
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George Hughey
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Dow Jones
Lewis
Eral Motors
Chrysler
Westinghouse
General Electric
Bethlehem
US Steel
Robert Johnson
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
Johnson, Lewis
By Lee Sentell
Tim Baker
Somerville
Ned Anderson
Dancy Polk
Railroad St. NW
Brad’s Arts and Crafts
Austin
6Th Ave
Gateway Shopping Center
John
Pat Bradbury
Bradbury
Mary Etta Robinson
Spider John’s
Ferry St
Wilson St
Town Creek
Bank of Moulton
Donald Burks
Bank
Hatton High School
Lawrence County Board of Education
Paul Wagner
Detriot
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Decatur Inn
Ford Motor Co
Michigan
Ronald Watts
Liberty National Life Insurance
Robert D. Keenum
Maine Biological Laboratories
Waterville
Maine
Norwich Agricultural Division
Mississippi
Norwich
N. Y
J. R. Kimsey
Geraldine
Alabama City Bank of
Gadsden
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Imco
Harry Heltzer
U.S
Raymond Herzog
Monsanto
Carl Goss
Paul McIntyre
R. M. Adams
Goss
D. W. Carraher & Associates
Mississippi State University
McIntyre
Greenville
Auburn University
Stephens Building Supply
Hartselle
Charles Hutchens
Falkner Block and Supply
Hartselle Building and Supply Co
Stephens Chain
Hutchens Is
Everett
Charlotte) Payne
Patt
Melvin Clark
Russellville
Curtis Freeman
Moulton
James G. Beck
State National Bank
B. N. Hunter
Beck
State National
Trust Department
Alabama
University of Alabama Law School
Huntsville
Central Bancshares of the South Inc
Central and State National Corp
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mrs. Everett Payne
Randy Boone
Elvis Hallman
Boy’s Ranch
Hunter Funiture Co
2Nd Ave. SE
Bob Hunter Jr
Tony Estes
Paul McIntrye
Robert Keenum
By Sylvia Porter
Field Enterprises, Inc
Board OF Directors
Mary Anna Moore
State Textile Association
Bob Adams
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