Mike Rubin

2/25/05

Buddy Phillips

Web Drop-In #3

Introduction

As we continue our unit about our nation’s economic system, we will now discuss the stock market. The Dow Jones is one of the major stock market in the U.S. By looking at the graph provided below, it will allow us to get an understanding of how to read the stock market graph.

Information

Click here to look at the chart, or click the link below. Afterwards, answer the following questions on your interpretation.

http://money.cnn.com/markets/dow/

Assignment

Answer the following questions using the chart provided above.

1) In the past year, what is the highest (estimated) the Dow Jones has been?

2) In the past year, what is the lowest (estimated) the Dow Jones has been?

3) Since a year from now, how much has the Dow Jones increased or decreased?