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Brian Trumbore
President/Editor, StocksandNews.com

2008

Dow Jones -33.8% [worst year since 1931]
S&P 500 -38.5% [worst year since 1937]
Nasdaq -40.5%
Russell 2000 -34.8%

Japan (Nikkei) -42.1%
U.K. (FTSE) -31.3%
Frankfurt (DAX) -40.4%

U.S. stock mutual fund averages [Lipper indices]

Large Cap Growth -41.4%
Large Cap Value -37.0%
Small Cap Growth -42.6%
Small Cap Value -32.8%
International -43.6%

12/31/08

Dow Jones 8776…52-week range [13058-7552]
S&P 500 903…[1447-752]
Nasdaq 1577…[2609-1316]

All-time highs

Dow Jones 14164 (10/9/07)
S&P 500 1565 (10/9/07)
Nasdaq 5048 (3/10/00)…2860 (10/31/07)

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
2005 +4.9
2006 +15.8
2007 +5.5
2008 -37.0

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
2005 +1.4
2006 +9.5
2007 +9.8
2008 -40.5

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
12/05 $519
12/06 $638
12/07 $838
12/08 $884

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
12/05 $61.04
12/06 $61.05
12/07 $95.98
12/08 $44.60

*Crude Oil’s all-time high was set on 7/11/08…$147

U.S. Treasury Yields…2-yr. / 10-yr.

12/31/99…6.24 / 6.43

12/31/03…1.82 / 4.25*

12/31/04…3.07 / 4.22

12/31/05…4.40 / 4.39

12/31/06…4.82 / 4.72

12/31/07…3.05 / 4.03

12/31/08…0.76 / 2.21

*6/13/03…then historic lows were set in the 2- and 10-year [1.01 / 3.10]

Commodities

Among the 19 raw materials that comprise the benchmark CRB Index, which fell 36% in 2008:

Gasoline -59
Nickel -55
Crude Oil -54
Copper -53
Orange juice -53

But four of the 19 components rose:

Cocoa +31
Sugar +9
Gold +6
Hogs +5

Sources: StocksandNews.com database; Bloomberg

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Brian Trumbore

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