FYI-Jan. 19, 2001 market closing values (last day before *'s inauguration)

[Roland99]

Jan. 19, 2001
DJIA: 10,587.59
NASDAQ: 2,770.38
S&P 500: 1,342.54



YESTERDAY
DJIA: 10,578.24
NASDAQ: 2,757.91
S&P 500: 1,342.90



NET (after 4 years, 7 months)
DJIA: -9.35
NASDAQ: -12.47
S&P 500: +0.36


And, note that all markets were down noticeable today.


Wow! What a legacy!

[NewWaveChick1981]

1. Sounds like what my husband and I talked about yesterday

Thanks for citing these figures---it documents exactly what I've been saying. * has absolutely, positively run the country into the ground in so many ways. And we need to do a figure comparison between oil prices on Jan. 19, 2001 and now...

[tk2kewl]

2. oil is more than 3 times what it was then

i'll get the numbers...

graphs...

[NewWaveChick1981]

4. Holy crap! I mean, I knew it and all...

...but the graph really puts things in perspective. :mad: Thanks, tk2kewl.

[Roland99]

3. Oil was about $22/bbl in Jan. 2001. It's now $67/bbl.

Gas prices were about $1.50/gallon and they are now $2.47/gallon.

[ComerPerro]

5. Where did you pull those numbers?

[Roland99]

6. Yahoo. Historical prices.