Saturday, January 3, 2009

By the Numbers — How 2008 Shakes Out

(MarketBeat Blog-Wall Street Journal)

Now that 2008 is finally history, it’s time to look back at the year in numbers — most of them pretty terrible.

-33.84% The percentage loss in the Dow industrials, worst since 1931, third-worst in history.
-38.49% The percentage loss in the S&P 500, worst since 1937.
-40.54% The percentage loss for the Nasdaq Composite Index, worst in history.

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