DOW DJIA Adjusted for Inflation

I (Kirk) got this in the email today from Chartoftheday. I think it is good to post here because it sort of shows that the DOW has gone nowhere in the past decade.

For some long-term perspective, today's chart illustrates the Dow adjusted for inflation since 1925. There are several points of interest. For one, when adjusted for inflation, the bear market that concluded in the early 1980s was almost as severe as the one that concluded in the early 1930s. Also, the inflation-adjusted Dow is a little more than double where it was at its 1929 peak and trades 54% above its 1966 peak – not that spectacular of a performance considering the time frames involved. It is also interesting to note that the Dow is up 57% from its March 9, 2009 low which is actually slightly more than what the inflation-adjusted Dow gained from its 1966 peak to today.

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Friday, February 26, 2010

• 2009 GDP Quarterly and Annual Data
  The estimate for GDP was revised up by 0.2% from the first estimate for Q4-2009 GDP which was was 5.7%. See tables and graphs at the end of this article.
  
  Highlights of Table 1:
  
  
• The contribution from durable goods jumped 20.4% in Q3 from "Cash for Clunkers" then it dropped back to 0.2% in Q4.
• Contribution to GDP from "Structures" continues to plunge at double digit rates.
  

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