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.
The most widely used indicator of the overall condition of the stock market, a price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue chip stocks, primarily industrials. The 30 stocks are chosen by the editors of the Wall Street Journal (which is published by Dow Jones & Company), a practice that dates back to the beginning of the century. The Dow was officially started by Charles Dow in 1896, at which time it consisted of only 11 stocks.