人们通常从道·琼斯指数的骤升骤降判断美国以至世界经济的好坏。但事实上,道·琼斯指数不但不能反映美国经济的好坏,甚至不能反映美国股市的好坏。道·琼斯指数是被人为操纵的。1998年8月份道·琼斯指数险象环生,美国各种共同基金持有的股票市值,一个月就损失了4500亿美元。从某种意义上说,1998年10月中旬以后道·琼斯指 People often judge whether the economy in the United States and the world is good or bad from the sudden drop in the Dow Jones index. In fact, the Dow Jones index can not only reflect the quality of the U.S. economy, it can not even reflect the quality of the U.S. stock market. The Dow Jones index is artificially manipulated. In August 1998, when the Dow Jones index rose in danger and the stock market value of various mutual funds held in the United States lost 450 billion U.S. dollars a month. In a sense, Dow Jones refers to it after mid-October 1998