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Dow tops 40,000 as stock indexes continue to cross milestones − making many investors feel wealthier

Dow tops 40,000 as stock indexes continue to cross milestones − making many investors feel wealthier

SEOUL, May 17 (AJU PRESS) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 40,000 for the first time on May 16, 2024. It spent the next few hours hovering around that mark, occasionally dipping under. But the breakthrough, even if fleeting, nonetheless marks another symbolic milestone in a monthslong bull market, coming three months after the S&P 500 index surpassed 5,000 for the first time. The Conversation asked Alexander Kurov, a financial markets scholar, to explain what stock in

May 17, 2024