Is the US stock market better off now than at the end of 2000?

[fâhç]

The past several times I've asked this question the neo-cons got their
panties in a bunch and exclaimed that I was "lying" (these numbers are
verifiable facts) and that the markets are rising rapidly. So I've taken
the liberty of not only including Dec 29th 2000 index numbers, but also the
index numbers for the previous posts in which I've asked this question.

Dow
Dec 29 2000 10,787.99
Jan 30 2004 10,488.07
Mar 1 2004 10,678.14
Apr 28 2004 10,342.60
May 10 2004 9,990.02
change....... -797.97 (-7.4%)

NASDAQ
Dec 29 2000 2,470.52
Jan 30 2004 2,066.15
Mar 1 2004 2,057.80
Apr 28 2004 1,989.54
May 10 2004 1,087.12
change...... -1,383.40 (-56%)

Wilshire 5000 (index of 6,000+ US stocks, basically the entire market)
Dec 29 2000 12,175.90
Jan 30 2004 11,029.20
Mar 1 2004 11,289.48
Apr 28 2004 10,967.44
May 10 2004 10,548.89
change...... -1,627.01 (-13.4%)

[The Pretzel]

" fâhç" <%s%e%f%s@%f%x.br> wrote in message
news:ncXnc.36604$6L3.5360@fed1read05...

Looks like a decline to me...

Lots of those "-" thingies....
That's bad, right?

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