I just came across this:
The last time stocks were here in 2007 - *Dow Jones Industrial Average:* Then 14164.5; Now 14164.5 - *Regular Gas Price:* Then $2.75; Now $3.73 - *GDP Growth:* Then +2.5%; Now +1.6% - *Americans Unemployed (in Labor Force):* Then 6.7 million; Now 13.2 million - *Americans On Food Stamps:* Then 26.9 million; Now 47.69 million - *Size of Feds Balance Sheet:* Then $0.89 trillion; Now $3.01 trillion - *US Debt as a Percentage of GDP:* Then ~38%; Now 74.2% - *US Deficit (LTM):* Then $97 billion; Now $975.6 billion - *Total US Debt Oustanding:* Then $9.008 trillion; Now $16.43 trillion - *US Household Debt:* Then $13.5 trillion; Now 12.87 trillion - *Labor Force Particpation Rate:* Then 65.8%; Now 63.6%** - *Consumer Confidence:* Then 99.5; Now 69.6 - *S&P Rating of the US:* Then AAA; Now AA+ - *VIX:* Then 17.5%; Now 14% - *10 Year Treasury Yield:* Then 4.64%; Now 1.89% - *USDJPY: *Then 117; Now 93** - *EURUSD: *Then 1.4145; Now 1.3050 - *Gold:* Then $748; Now $1583 - *NYSE Average LTM Volume (per day):* Then 1.3 billion shares; Now 545 million shares - J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361776 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
