Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Index ExplainedAlong with the S&P 500 index, it is one of the most-watched stock market indexes in the world.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average index was created by Charles Dow along with his business partner Edward Jones and was created to serve as a measure for the broader U.S. economy.  It is a price-weighted index tracking 30 large, blue-chip stocks trading