• kerrigan778@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Because it’s a very common misunderstanding to write it like that. It is more properly either “the Dow” or “the DJIA” but tickers are generally where “the Dow” is seen and those are often all caps.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah, that was my bad, sorry for the confusion. I can be smart and dumb in the same sentence!