Stock Market?

Question

Why has the DOW shown little increase in the past 6 years?(Clinton had it up to 11700)

Answer 1

If I remember right, the dow was about 8600, 6 years ago
so its a 33% rise in 6 years.

But stock markets go up anmd stock markets go down, I bet you will see Dow 8600, before you see Dow 15,000

Answer 2

The stock market crashed on 9/11, and then there was a recession. The market is up dramatically since then, to new all-time highs. The economy ALWAYS runs in cycles. Also, the companies that represent the DOW are changed regularly so the DOW isn't really an accurate measure of the stock market.

Answer 3

The Dow is just 30 stocks...there are mutual funds with larger amounts of stocks than it. Why Americans still feel as if the Dow is an important component of our financial system is beyond me...The only real component is the S&P 500...it is broad and diverse...and of course well below it's 2000 high...that just means that money in the market was DEAD for the last 7 years..hmmm..

Answer 4

Note : The reason the market went up during the early Clinton years was because of the program by George Bush Sr. and the Republican congress had set up for him going into 1992.
However as Clinton was leaving office in Jan 2001 the market was falling badly and 10 months later 9/11 put the market down significantly. George Bush W then went to work to build that market back up (primarily by tax cuts) and today it is at 12,565 a very good level by any serious investor.

Answer 5

Oh yeah....another attempt to bash BUSH....what a joke you type of people are.

Brainless too...

If anything, Clinton's hyped economy along with the FED supply of liquidity through rate cuts and then hiking interest rates and DOT COM BUBBLE caused the Market to finally burst in Mar of 2000 and kept going down till 2003. OH, and lets not forget 9/11 YOU DUMBASS! The ball was rolling well in advance of BUSH ever taking office.

That being said, anyone who didn't sell LIKE ME and bought during the bear market has made out like a bandit as it has fully recovered and much more. The nazdog is still way down...

Learn some facts next time...but I know you just wanted to bash BUSH like all you loons from the left do.

Answer 6

Rising oil prices. Increasing Fed rates. Uncertainty in foreign markets. Basically all this instability has frighten Wall Street even though many companies and industries have been flourishing. Wall Street analysts are the ones that ultimately call the shots with their downgrades/upgrades, opinions, etc.