The Dow: 2009 vs. 1929

Mark Lundeen each week sends me his comparison of the Dow Jones Industrial Average decline since October 2007 relative to declines after September 1929. Given the dependency of large cap stocks on earnings generated by government contracts and purchases and the dependency of stock prices on market intervention and bailouts by the US government and central bank, this is a comparison I watch carefully. You can track Mark’s ongoing series at gold-eagle.com.