United States Air Force Combat Control Teams, singular Combat Controller (CCT) (AFSC 1C2X1), are American special operations forces (specifically known as special tactics operators) who specialize in all aspects of air-ground communication, including air traffic control, fire support (including fixed and rotary wing close air support), and command ...
The modern stock market got its start in Europe in the late 1700s when formal stock exchanges began to appear. Although small scale trading wasn't new, there was no organized stock market in the United States until the early 1790s.
May 09, 2016. 1  The Dow Jones Industrial Average, or the Dow, is the oldest and most widely followed barometer of the U.S. stock market. 2  Charles Dow, the cofounder of Dow, Jones & Company, created the index in 1896 to track the prices of a dozen industrial stocks. To calculate the index, he simply added up the prices of the stocks and divided them by 12.