Looking at the many hardships he faced during his Connecticut childhood, no one would have ever guessed that young Charles Dow would become one of the biggest names in American financial history. Dow was born in 1851 in Sterling to a family of farmers. Because his father and two brothers all died when he…
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December 24: Financier Charles Dow Joins the New York Stock Exchange
Looking at the many hardships he faced during his Connecticut childhood, no one would have ever guessed that young Charles Dow would one day become one of the biggest names in American financial history. Dow was born in 1851 in Stirling to a family of farmers. Because his father and two brothers all died…
December 24: Financier Charles Dow Joins the New York Stock Exchange
Looking at the many hardships he faced during his Connecticut childhood, no one would have ever guessed that a young Charles Dow would one day become one of the biggest names in American financial history. Born in Sterling in 1851 to a family of farmers, the deaths of Charles’ father and two brothers rendered…