It was better to get money selling the territory to a neutral country than getting it stolen by an enemy. Purchase of Alaska, 1867. Russia offered to sell Alaska to the United States in 1859, believing the United States would off-set the designs of Russiaâs greatest rival in the Pacific, Great Britain.
The value of the Dow futures is often quoted before the stock market opens as an indicator of how the market will react during the trading day. Trading Dow futures is one way traders attempt to profit from the value changes of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Even investors who don't trade futures can use the Dow futures as a forecasting tool.
James F. PeltzContact Reporter. Mention âthe Dowâ and, to most people, that means the stock market. The Dow Jones industrial average is an instant way of telling the world which way the market is moving, even if the average isnât an accurate measure of the thousands of stocks listed on the nationâs exchanges.