Wall Street History

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Wall Street History

01/01/2019

The Year in Numbers

 2018 in Review

Dow Jones  -5.6%
S&P 500  -6.2%
Nasdaq  -3.9%
Russell 2000  -12.2%

[Local currency for foreign indices]

Japan (Nikkei) -12.1%
U.K. (FTSE)  -12.5%
Germany (DAX) -18.3% 
France (CAC 40) -11.0%

Brazil (Sao Paulo) +15.0%...yes, up
Russia (Moscow) -7.6%
China (Shanghai) -24.6%

12/31/18

Dow Jones 23327…52-week range [26828 - 21792]
S&P 500 2506…[2930 - 2351]
Nasdaq 6635…[8109 - 6192] 

All-time closing highs 

Dow Jones... 26828 (10/3/18)
S&P 500... 2930 (9/20/18)
Nasdaq... 8109 (8/29/18) 

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
2009  +26.5
2010  +15.1
2011  +2.1
2012  +16.0
2013  +32.4
2014  +13.7
2015  +1.4
2016  +12.0
2017  +22.5
2018   -4.4 

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
2009  +43.8
2010  +16.9
2011   -1.8
2012  +15.9
2013  +38.3
2014  +13.4
2015  +5.7
2016  +7.5
2017  +28.2
2018  -3.9%

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
12/09  $1096
12/10  $1421
12/11  $1566
12/12  $1674…twelve straight up years
12/13  $1202
12/14  $1184
12/15  $1061
12/16  $1152
12/17  $1305
12/18  $1284

*Gold’s all-time high is $1923, intraday, set on 9/6/11

Oil (West Texas Intermediate) 

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
12/09  $79.36
12/10  $91.38 
12/11  $98.83
12/12  $91.80
12/13  $98.42
12/14  $53.27
12/15  $37.04
12/16  $53.89
12/17  $60.10
12/18  $45.41

*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 

12/31/09…1.14 / 3.83
 
12/31/10…0.59 / 3.29

12/31/11…0.24 / 1.88

12/31/12…0.25 / 1.76

12/31/13...0.38 / 3.03

12/31/14...0.66 / 2.17

12/31/15...1.05 / 2.27

12/31/16...1.19 / 2.44

12/31/17...1.88 / 2.41

12/31/18...2.49 / 2.68

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Wall Street History returns in a few weeks. 

Brian Trumbore

 

 

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