1896年10月7日
The Dow Jones Industrial Average begins continuous daily publication. Its 12 members are the great industrial giants of the time: American Cotton Oil, American Sugar, American Tobacco, Chicago Gas, American Spirits Manufacturing, General Electric, Laclede Gas, National Lead, United States Cordage, Tennessee Coal & Iron, United States Leather, and United States Rubber.
1982年10月7日
When the NYSE opening bell sounded traders went on a buying spree, snapping up stocks and bonds at a furious pace. At the end of the day, a record 147 million shares had changed hands on the exchange, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to its highest mark in fifteen months. What was the source of Wall Street's euphoria? Traders were enthused by reports that the Federal Reserve was taking a hands-off approach to the nation's fast-growing money supply. Many on Wall Street had feared that the Fed would introduce austerity measures to help reign in the money supply. However, with the country struggling through a protracted fiscal slump, the Fed was apparently less concerned with meeting its money-growth targets. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Fed was going to "concentrate its efforts on healing the economy's deep wounds." If Wall Street's reaction was any indication, the healing had already begun.