financial history (1)

Some Finance History

Yesterday at kingdom advisor conference in Calgary. There was a discussion regarding what to be included in a course. The program that Redeemer University with respect to finance and one of the items was brought up was history financial history. It was noted that many people have no idea of finances in history and it would be good to have that in a curriculum and so this morning as I'm reading, I came across this article that talked about the Dow Jones and how it started so here we go about that like it's beginning of financial history and start this off with that. 

 

https://stocks.apple.com/AR3MuyupPQqGWBWZ7T1FbDw 26 May 1896: Charles Dow launches the Dow Jones Industrial Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average, one of the world’s most watched and most cited stock indices, began life on this day in 1885.
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