Down Jones (down + Dow Jones Industrial Average)
When the U.S. stock market goes down, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is sometimes dubbed “Down Jones” (down + Dow Jones). “Dow Jones (sometimes called the Davey Jones, or Down Jones these days)” was posted on the newsgroup alt.politics.media on October 30, 1997.
“DOW Jones? More like the DOWN Jones. Am I right?” was posted on X/Twitter by Zach Hammer on March 3, 2009. “Dow Jones. More like Down Jones amirite” was posted on X/Twitter by Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan on February 5, 2018. “Dow Jones? More like Down Jones, amirite??” was posted on X/Twitter by Matt Norton on April 3, 2020. “Dow Jones? More like Down Jones, amirite?” was posted on X/Twitter by Brian Crecente on March 4, 2025.
“Stock market? More like shock market, amirite?” is a related saying.
Wikipedia: Dow Jones Industrial Average
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (/ˈdaʊ/), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity indices.
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fwd.: Larouche was right about the crash
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Oct 30, 1997, 3:00:00 AM
Subject: LaRouche was right about the crash
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Date: 1997/10/29
Welcome to EIR Talks. I’m Mel Klenetsky. We’re on the line with Lyndon LaRouche from Virginia. How are things going today, Mr. LaRouche?
LYNDON LAROUCHE: Well, we’re in a—one of the most important periods in history. We’re in the middle of the greatest financial crisis of the 20th Century, which is presently ongoing as a {global} financial crisis. What’s happened in the past week—Monday and Tuesday of course, we had the massive spillover from Asia and Europe, into the New York markets. We had a massive collapse, unprecedented in point count, in the Dow Jones (sometimes called the Davey Jones, or Down Jones these days), then on the following day on Tuesday, or at least overnight on Monday, after shutting the market down to prevent it from going through the basement, you had a number of large firms, private interests, featuring the role of IBM, in a massive operation for propping up the market on Tuesday.
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Dow Jones Down Jones
Opinator
Oct 9, 2002, 4:05:59 PM
Ya va a caer por debajo de los 7.000 puntos…. desde los 14.000.
Newspapers.com
11 August 2006, Wichita (KS) Eagle, “‘StripTease’ showcases art of cartooning” by Bob Curtright, pg. 15D, col. 4:
They craft sharp observations built around a guy called Will Street: “Well, today seemed more like Down Jones, NasDuck and Sick & Poor 500.”
X/Twitter
Zach Hammer
@zachhammer
DOW Jones? More like the DOWN Jones. Am I right?
11:09 PM · Mar 3, 2009
X/Twitter
Maiko Rocha
@maiko_rocha
Ha, it’s more like DOWN Jones instead of Dow Jones right now…
12:34 PM · Jul 8, 2009
X/Twitter
Makena Cahill (She/Her)
@MakenaCahill
So, uh… anything happen while I was on that call just now? RT @rbozek
Dow Jones? More like DOWN Jones - #DJIA #500
4:18 PM · Aug 4, 2011
X/Twitter
AuzSantiago
@AuzSantiago
Dow Jones. More like Down Jones. #toosoon #shittyjoke
6:53 PM · Aug 4, 2011
X/Twitter
johnny5
@jovialpunk
Dow Jones dropped over 600 points today. More like the “Down Jones”, am I right guys? ...guys? #StockJokes
7:34 PM · Aug 8, 2011
X/Twitter
Anson Ling
@ns0n
Dow Jones? More like Down Jones.
4:10 PM · Aug 24, 2015
X/Twitter
Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan
@NekiasNBA
Dow Jones
More like Down Jones amirite
3:17 PM · Feb 5, 2018
X/Twitter
Matt Norton
@mjnorton19
Dow Jones? More like Down Jones, amirite??
4:00 PM · Apr 3, 2020
X/Twitter
Trencer Spacy
@connorthdoyle
Dow Jones? More Like DOWN Jones, amiright?
Note to self: Backdate this tweet to like six weeks ago.
9:11 PM · Apr 16, 2020
X/Twitter
Billy Riggins
@Swagman_79
Dow jones, more like down jones am I right?
9:20 AM · Oct 13, 2022
X/Twitter
Brian Crecente
@crecenteb
Dow Jones? More like Down Jones, amirite?
5:03 PM · Mar 4, 2025
X/Twitter
Ops Monet
@Sovaignon
Dow Jones? More like Down Jones, AMIRITE?!
12:56 PM · Mar 11, 2025
X/Twitter
San Diego Socialist Rifle Association
@SanDiegoSRA
More like the DOWN Jones.
11:19 AM · Apr 3, 2025
X/Twitter
Adam Cordick
@AdamC11
Dow Jones more like Down Jones
11:22 AM · Apr 4, 2025
Bluesky
Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow
@tomtomorrow.bsky.social
dow jones? more like DOWN jones, amirite
April 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM