- 1936 Economy Still Struggling
- 1937 Recession
- 1938 War Clouds Gather
- 1939 War in Europe
- 1940 France Falls
- 1941 Pearl Harbor
- 1942 Wartime Price Controls
- 1943 Industry Mobilizes
- 1944 Consumer Goods Shortage
- 1945 Post-War Recession Predicted
- 1946 Dow Tops 200- MARKET HIGH
- 1947 Cold War Begins
- 1948 Berlin Blockade
- 1949 Russia Explodes A-Bomb
- 1950 Korean War
- 1951 Excess Profits Tax
- 1952 U.S. Seizes Steel Mills
- 1953 Russia Explodes H-Bomb
- 1954 Dow Tops 300- MARKET HIGH
- 1955 Eisenhower Illness
- 1956 Suez Crisis
- 1957 Russia Launches Sputnik
- 1958 Recession
- 1959 Castro Seizes Power in Cuba
- 1960 Russia Downs U-2 Plane
- 1961 Berlin Wall Erected
- 1962 Cuba Missile Crisis
- 1963 Kennedy Assassinated
- 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
- 1965 Civil Rights Marches
- 1966 Vietnam War Escalates
- 1967 Newark Race Riots
- 1968 USS Pueblo Seized
- 1969 Money Tightens- Market Falls
- 1970 Cambodia Invaded- Vietnam Spreads
- 1971 Wage Price Freeze
- 1972 Largest U.S. Trade Deficit Ever
- 1973 Energy Crisis- Gas Lines
- 1974 Steepest Market Drop in Four Decades
- 1975 Clouded Economic Prospects
- 1976 Economic Recovery Slows
- 1977 Market Slumps
- 1978 Interest Rates Rise
- 1979 Oil Prices Skyrocket
- 1980 Interest Rates At All-Time High
- 1981 Steep Recession Begins
- 1982 Worst Recession in 40 Years
- 1983 Market Hits New Highs
- 1984 Record Federal Deficits
- 1985 Economic Growth Slows
- 1986 Dow Near 2000
- 1987 Record-Setting Market Decline
- 1988 Iran Hostage Crisis
- 1989 October “Mini-Crash”
- 1990 Persian Gulf War
- 1991 Fall of Berlin Wall
- 1992 Global Recession
- 1993 Health Care Reform
- 1994 Fed Raises Interest Rates Six Times
- 1995 Dow Tops 5,000
- 1996 Dow Tops 6,000
- 1997 Hong Kong Reverts to China
- 1998 Asian Flu
- 1999 Y2K Scare
- 2000 Tech Bubble Burst
- 2001 Terrorist Attacks on USA
- 2002 Corporate Accounting Scandals
- 2003 Invasion of Iraq
- 2004 Interest Rates Rise
- 2005 Gulf Hurricanes
- 2006 North Korea Tests Nuclear Missiles
- 2007 The Chinese Correction
- 2008 The Global Financial Crisis Begins
- 2009 U.S. Unemployment Rate Exceeds 10%
- 2010 BP Oil Spill
- 2011 The European PIGS
- 2012 Falling Off the U.S. Fiscal Cliff
- 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing
- 2014 Ebola Outbreak
- 2015 The Paris Attacks and U.S. Mass Shootings
- 2016 Market Volatility? Oil Prices? Election Turmoil? Isis???????
1 Good Reason Why You Should
$42,257,300
This is the amount a mere $10,000 invested in the S&P 500 Index in January 1, 1934 would have been worth by market close on December 31, 2015. Okay…so I realize most of us didn’t have $10,000 in 1934 to invest. So, what if a 65 year old at the end of 2015 invested his or her $10,000 at the age of 30 on January 1, 1985?
$513,600
Still a VERY Good Reason!
Emotionally and unconsciously we are always thinking of reasons not to invest in the stock market. Is there fear today? Absolutely! Just think: What would Warren do? (Warren Buffet, that is – arguably the greatest investor of all time). Well…he says, “Buy Fear!” Let these 81 years of experience help you be comfortable with the exercising a good discipline to do what Warren does.
You cannot buy the S&P 500 index. Past performance is not indicative of future performance.