Dow Jones

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As I write this article, the Dow just closed above 30,000 for the first time ever. Who would have thought its first close above this mark would be in the depths of a global health pandemic? Some people years ago probably thought if we saw this number it would be many more years into the future. Markets tend to surprise, good and bad. 

When I look back on a short history of the last 30 years, I see in 1991 where the Dow closed above 3,000 for the first time on April 17 to be exact.