Charles Dow was a financial journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company and edited the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Dow's interest in the stock market led him to monitor the movements of individual stocks and the wider market as a whole. He said stocks move along trends and these trends can be predicted using certain market indicators. These observations formed the basis of the Dow Theory.
The author Sankar Srinivasan, is Certified market professional of national stock exchange of India. He has more than 15 years experience in share trading and technical analysis.