Jill on Money:
By Jill Schlesinger
The anniversary of the bear market
March 9, 2014 marked the five-year
anniversary of the stock market’s closing low. That trading day, the Dow Jones
Industrial Average was at 6547, its lowest level since April 15, 1997; the S&P
500 was at 676, its lowest level since
Sept 12, 1996; and the NASDAQ was at
1268, its lowest level since Oct 9, 2002.
Since then, U.S. markets have charged
higher. Through the end of February, the
S&P 500 has shot up 175 percent and
including dividends, returns have more
than tripled since the bear market low.
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