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Brian Trumbore
President/Editor, StocksandNews.com

Various market returns and benchmarks?

2004 [Total return]

Dow Jones?? +5.3
S&P 500??..+10.9
Nasdaq???..+8.6
Average U.S. Stock Fund?+12.0
Key International benchmarks?+7.3 to +7.6
[UK, France, Germany, Tokyo]

Review of the trends?

12/31/99

Dow Jones?11497
S&P 500??.1469
Nasdaq???4069

All-time market highs?2000

Dow Jones?11722 [1/14/00]
S&P 500??1527 [3/24/00]
Nasdaq??...5048 [3/10/00]

12/31/04

Dow Jones?10783?-8% off high?52-wk range [10854-9749]
S&P 500??1211?-21% off high?52-wk range [1213-1063]
Nasdaq??...2175?-57% off high?52-wk range [2178-1752]

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S&P 500 [Total return?including dividends]

1995?+37.4
1996?+23.1
1997?+33.4
1998?+28.6
1999?+21.0
2000?-9.1
2001?-11.9
2002?-22.1
2003?+28.7
2004?+10.9

Nasdaq

1995?+39.9
1996?+22.7
1997?+21.6
1998?+39.6
1999?+85.6
2000?-39.3
2001?-21.1
2002?-31.5
2003?+50.0
2004?+8.6

Gold

12/96?$368
12/97?$289
12/98?$288
12/99?$289
12/00?$272
12/01?$279
12/02?$347
12/03?$416
12/04?$438

Oil (Light Sweet Crude)

12/99?$25.20
12/00?$26.80
12/01?$19.84
12/02?$31.20
12/03?$32.52
12/04?$43.45

Interest Rates?U.S. Treasury Yields

Date??..2-year?.10-year

12/31/99?6.24??..6.43

6/13/03?..1.01??..3.10?historic lows in yield

12/31/03?1.82??..4.25

12/31/04?3.07??..4.22

The above was gleaned from both Ibbotson Associates and my own data, which I have painstakingly kept on parchment since March 1990.

Brian Trumbore

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