**4.6 United States of America stock exchange**

In (1887) Charles Dow developed two of the most widely used indexes, the Industrial Corporations Index, and the Railroad Industries Index, which includes (20) of the largest such corporations in the United States of America. These are now known as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Dow Jones Transportation Index [13, 14].

• The Dow Jones Index is one of the oldest and most famous indicators used in the financial markets, as it was first published in the Wall Street Journal on July 3, (1884).

*Perspective Chapter: International Financial Markets and Financial Capital Flows... DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.102572*

