Originally Posted by
Delta1067
Crappy market the past few years? The market has doubled over the past few years. Wasn't the down around 5800 during the final days of Bush? Now it's up around 12,000.
Dow was 8281 on Bush's last full day. When BHO took the oath on Jan 20, 2009 it closed down 332 pts to 7949 that day. Went down further to eventual low of 6469 on Mar 9, 2009 for that year.
Oil was $38.74/barrel (today $93.68).
National Avg price for a gal of gas that week: $1.83 (today $3.65)