The Dow is up for the year, but it dropped over a 100 points today.
The Dow = Dow Jones Industrial Average -- most commonly followed index of the U.S. stock market comprised of 30 stocks that are thought to be a barometer of U.S. stocks in general
Not to mention admen on the Dow Chemical account, which is the company that makes the stuff, and they're looking to position their product as a food wrap and a scumbag, if only they could devise a diplomatic language.†
(source) Don DeLillo, Underworld, 1997
You talk of killings, of targets, of "beyond-salvage"...of a mocked-up suicide — the victim here, talking about his own death — as if you were discussing the Dow-Jones or a restaurant menu!†
(source) Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Supremacy, 1986
The Dow-Jones averages .... Lib turned off Happy Hendrix.†
(source) Pat Frank, Alas, Babylon, 1959