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Pendrench Donating Member (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-08 03:09 PM
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Is there a resource that shows where the Dow Jones Index was on January 1 in previous years?
I tried google but was unsuccessful.

Thank you very much.

Tim
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-08 03:14 PM
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1. Here
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Pendrench Donating Member (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-08 03:33 PM
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3. Thank you very much! n/t
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nichomachus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-08 03:16 PM
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2. Right here


http://www.nyse.tv/dow-jones-industrial-average-history-djia.htm

But don't forget to adjust for inflation. In other words

$11,500 in 2001 is the equivalent of $14,206 in 2008

http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm

So, if the Dow is $8,000 at the end of December, it will have dropped $6,200 in 2008 dollars, not 3,500.
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Pendrench Donating Member (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-08 03:33 PM
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4. Thank you very much! n/t
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