Dow Jones - then and now

[question everything]

On 9/10/2001 - 9,605.51

On 9/11/2009 - 9,605.41

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jmT59dgLTTziX4p9X9MRBRpWZGdQD9ALCGL03

[Critters2]

1. Wow. That's kind of eery. And interesting. nt

[question everything]

6. And, I suppose, it means that after 8 years of Bush

we ended up with one big zero. (Not that we needed these numbers to show us, though)

[SoCalDem]

2. note the wackiness over time, though

and how the bubbles affected the overall economy of the times..

http://stockcharts.com/charts/historical/djia1900.html

[question everything]

4. You can really see how it started to accelerate

in the 80s, when many investors flocked into the stock markets through 401Ks and IRAs, replacing old-fashioned pensions.

[SoCalDem]

5. That was the plan.. divert pensions into "no-touch" gambling money

for the wall streeters to play with.. send the chumps a monthly statement, and then bail with their money before they start to collect it...

[JuniperLea]

3. Whoa...

Kinda creepy.