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Way to go with the recovery![/quote]
On January 16, 2009, prior to Obama taking office, the Dow closed at 8281.22.
Today it closed at 12,290.14.
A 48% increase.
Way to go with the recover, indeed!![/quote]
“U.S. stocks fell this week, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its longest streak of losses since 2004, after worse-than-estimated reports on jobs and manufacturing fueled concern earnings growth will slow.” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-04/dow-falls-in-longest-slump-since-2004-amid-concern-about-economy.html