Some background on Charles H. Dow (of Dow Jones & Co. fame) in an article by Tim Wood. Tim is a guy who appears regularly on the Financial Sense Newshour broadcasts and has spent a lot of time studying Dow Theory and stock market cycles. In, "Who was Charles H. Dow?", Tim gives us a bit of background on a man who helped shape financial journalism and whose writings on market movements formed the basis of what came to be known as "Dow's Theory". Good info for us youngsters.
Welcome, readers . T o get the first look at brand new posts (like the following piece) and to receive our exclusive email list updates, please subscribe to the Finance Trends Newsletter . The Boston Red Sox won their fourth World Series title of t he 21st century this we ek. Having won their first Se ries in 86 years back in 200 4, the last decade-plus has marked a very strong return to form for one of baseball's oldest big league clubs. So how did they do it? Quick background: in late 2002, team own er and hedge fund manager, John W. Henry (with his partners ) bought the Boston Red Sox and its historic Fenway Park for a reported sum of $ 695 million. Henry and Co. quickly set out to find their ideal General Manager (GM) to help turn around their newly acquired, ailing ship. This brings us to one of my fav orite scenes from the 2011 film , Moneyball , in which John W. Henry (played by Ar liss Howard) attempts to woo Oakland A's GM Billy Beane (Brad Pi