Intro B&H101 Under the Oak The Mom Chronicles Wall Street History Week in Review Glossary Financial Planning Understand Taxes   "BUYandHOLD" Tax FAQ   The 13 Steps to Investing Foolishly   Carlson on Taxes Archives THE CRASH Brian Trumbore President/Editor, StocksandNews.com With the markets having hit new lows, I thought I’d update a piece I did last fall.  It also supplies an illustration of Japan’s “lost decade”, 1990-2000.  My data is taken from my extensive files, Friday closing numbers that often represented exact highs or lows in a cycle, unless otherwise noted. Dow Jones 7/13/90…..2980…run-up to Saddam invading Kuwait, 8/2/90 10/12/90…2398 1/14/00…11722* [all-time high then] 10/11/02…7850 10/12/07…14093 [10/9/07…*14164 all-time high] 11/21/08…..8046 3/6/09……..6626 [3/9/09…6547 closing low thus far…minus 53.7% from high] Nikkei 7/13/90…..32644 10/12/90…22390 1/14/00….18956 10/11/02….8529 10/12/07…17331 11/21/08…..7910 3/6/09……..7173 London FTSE 7/13/90…..2382 10/12/90…2100 1/14/00…..6658 10/11/02…3938 10/12/07…6730 11/21/08…3780 3/6/09……3530 S&P 500 10/9/07…1565 [all-time high] 11/21/08…800 3/9/09…676 [low thus far…minus 56.8% from high] Oil…the roundtrip 12/31/04…43.45 12/30/05…61.04 12/29/06…61.04 [yes, exactly the same] 12/28/07…96.11 7/4/08…..145.30 3/11/08….42.80 Brian Trumbore

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