1993 Mar 8, On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average soared to a record high, climbing 64.84 to end the day at 3,469.42.Note that even in the Fall of 1998, when Clinton was enduring the Starr Report and the beginnings of the clown-college impeachment witchhunt, the economy — a partial measure of consumer confidence — soared like the proverbial eagle. Approval ratings sometimes do translate into dollars after all.
(AP, 3/8/98)
1993 May 19, Dow Jones closed above 3,500 For the first Time (3,500.03).
(DTnet, 5/19/97)
1994 Jan 21, Dow Jones passed 3900 to a record 3,914.20.
(MC, 1/21/02)
1995 Feb 23, The Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 4,000 mark for the first time, ending the day at 4,003.33.
(WSJ, 12/16/96, p.C1)(AP, 2/23/00)
1995 Apr 24, Dow Jones Index hit a record 4303.98.
(MC, 4/24/02)
1995 Nov 21, The Dow Jones Industrials in the US closed above 5000 for the first time to 5023.55.
(WSJ, 11/22/95, p.A-1)(AP, 11/21/97)
1996 Sep 13, The stock market hit a new record of 5,838.52 on the Dow.
(SFC, 9/14/96, p.A1)
1997 Feb 13, On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average broke through the 7,000 barrier for the first time, ending the day at 7,022.44.
(AP, 2/13/98)
1997 Jun 2, The NASDAQ Stock Exchange began trading in 1/16th-point increments.
(WSJ, 5/30/97, p.C1)
1997 Jun 16, The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed above 8,000 for the 1st time.
(SSFC, 2/2/03, p.I4)
1997 Aug 6, The Dow Jones reached an all-time high at 8,259.31.
(SFC, 8/16/97, p.A1)
1997 Sep 2, The US stock market made a record 257 point gain.
(SFC, 9/3/97, p.B1)
1998 Feb 13, The Dow Jones rose to another record high of 8,370.1.
(SFC, 2/14/98, p.D1)
1998 Apr 3, The Dow Jones industrial average climbed above 9,000 for the first time, but finished with a 3.23 point drop at 8,983.41.
(AP, 4/3/03)
1998 Apr 6, The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 9,000 for the first time.
(CNBC, 4/6/98)(AP, 4/6/99)
1998 Nov 23, The Dow Jones hit a new record high at 9,374.27.
(SFC, 11/24/98, p.A1)
1999 Mar 16, The Dow Jones industrial average briefly topped the 10,000 level, reaching a high of 10,001.78 before retreating.
(AP, 3/16/00)
1999 Mar 29, The Dow Jones broke the 10,000 level and closed at 10,006.
(SFC, 3/30/99, p.A1)
1999 May 3, The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 11,000, just 24 trading days after passing 10,000.
(AP, 5/3/00)
1999 May 7, The Dow Jones closed at a record 11,031.59.
(SFC, 5/8/99, p.D8)
1999 Aug 23, The Dow Jones industrial average soared 199.15 to a new record of 11,209.84.
(AP, 8/23/00)
1999 Dec 31, The DJIA closed the decade at 11,497.12.
(WSJ, 9/5/01, p.C1)(WSJ, 4/8/04, p.C4)
2000 Jan 14, The Dow Jones reached a peak high.
(NW, 3/17/03, p.44)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average doesn't include so-called dot-com and related stocks, so this has nothing to do with all the "New Economy" internet bubble stuff.
I used to think that Republicans were the guys who supposedly listened to what the market was saying.
But what the market actually said was, "Portfolio Manager Clinton, +350% in eight years; Portfolio Manager Bush Junior, near zero in five years."
If you were smart, where would you put your money?