Dow Jones +7.5%
S&P 500 +11.4%
Nasdaq +13.4%
Russell 2000 +3.5%
Japan (Nikkei) +7.1%
U.K. (FTSE) -2.7%
Germany (DAX) +2.7%
France (CAC 40) -0.5%
Brazil (Sao Paulo) -2.9%
Russia (Moscow) -42.4%
China (Shanghai) +52.9%
12/31/14
Dow Jones 17823…52-week range, intraday [15340-18103]
S&P 500 2058…[1737-2093]
Nasdaq 4736…[3946-4814]
Dow Jones…18053 (12/26/14)
S&P 500…2090 (12/29/14)
Nasdaq…5048 (3/10/00)
S&P 500 [Total return, including dividends]
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
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 Gold
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
*Gold’s all-time high is $1923, intraday, set on 9/6/11
Oil (Light Sweet Crude)
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
*Oil’s all-time high was set on 7/11/08…$147
U.S. Treasury Yields…2-yr. / 10-yr.
12/31/10…0.59 / 3.29 12/31/11…0.24 / 1.88
12/31/13…0.38 / 3.03
12/31/14…0.66 / 2.17
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