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| Stock | Symbol | Price | Chart (24H) | 52 Week Range | Industry | Marketcap | Last Updated |
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 Tesla, Inc. TSLA | TSLA | $391.00 | Auto Manufacturers | 1.47T | 6 hours ago | ||
 DoorDash, Inc. DASH | DASH | $156.80 | Internet Retail | 68.32B | 6 hours ago | ||
 Apple Inc. AAPL | AAPL | $307.34 | Consumer Electronics | 4.51T | 6 hours ago | ||
 Ferrari N.V. RACE | RACE | $346.99 | Auto Manufacturers | 61.10B | 6 hours ago | ||
 Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN | AMZN | $246.03 | Internet Retail | 2.65T | 6 hours ago |
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STOCK MARKET PERFORMANCE SINCE 1900
The reason to NOT invest every year since 1900. And the reason you MUST.
| Year | Biggest Reason to Not Invest | DJIA Return (%) | End Value of $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Boxer Rebellion aftermath; gold standard debates | 7.01 | $107.01 |
| 1901 | Assassination of President McKinley (Sept 1901) | -8.7 | $97.70 |
| 1902 | Post-war slowdown & antitrust tensions | -0.42 | $97.21 |
| 1903 | “Rich Man’s Panic”/1903 market downturn | -23.61 | $74.32 |
| 1904 | Russo‑Japanese War begins (global instability) | 41.74 | $105.34 |
| 1905 | Post‑war recovery; trust‑busting headlines | 38.2 | $145.58 |
| 1906 | San Francisco earthquake & fires (Apr 18) | -1.92 | $142.79 |
| 1907 | Panic of 1907 banking crisis | -37.73 | $88.91 |
| 1908 | Recovery from Panic of 1907 | 46.64 | $130.38 |
| 1909 | Ongoing recovery; tariff fight headlines | 14.97 | $149.90 |
| 1910 | Panic/Recession of 1910–11 begins | -17.86 | $123.13 |
| 1911 | Trust breakups (e.g., Standard Oil) & recession lingers | 0.39 | $123.61 |
| 1912 | Election uncertainty; Progressive Era reforms | 7.58 | $132.98 |
| 1913 | Income tax & Fed Act debates; pre‑WWI slowdown | -10.34 | $119.23 |
| 1914 | Outbreak of WWI; NYSE closes (Jul 31) | -30.72 | $82.60 |
| 1915 | War boom despite global conflict | 81.66 | $150.05 |
| 1916 | WWI intensifies; preparedness & election uncertainty | -4.19 | $143.77 |
| 1917 | U.S. enters WWI (Apr 6) | -21.71 | $112.55 |
| 1918 | Spanish flu pandemic; wartime economy | 10.51 | $124.38 |
| 1919 | Post‑war inflation/strikes; Red Scare | 30.45 | $162.26 |
| 1920 | Sharp post‑war recession begins | -32.9 | $108.88 |
| 1921 | Sharp post‑WWI recession continues | 12.74 | $122.75 |
| 1922 | Lingering deflation & economic slowdown | 21.71 | $149.40 |
| 1923 | Teapot Dome scandal; recession begins | -3.27 | $144.52 |
| 1924 | Coolidge election year uncertainty | 26.2 | $182.38 |
| 1925 | Florida land boom bubble fears | 30.06 | $237.20 |
| 1926 | General strike in UK; mild US slowdown | 0.34 | $238.01 |
| 1927 | Mississippi Flood; Fed eases credit | 28.74 | $306.41 |
| 1928 | Speculative bubble warnings | 48.22 | $454.16 |
| 1929 | Great Depression begins, stock market crash (Oct) | -17.17 | $376.18 |
| 1930 | Great Depression deepens | -33.77 | $249.15 |
| 1931 | Bank failures worldwide; Great Depression | -52.67 | $117.92 |
| 1932 | Worst year of Great Depression | -23.07 | $90.72 |
| 1933 | Bank holiday; FDR’s New Deal begins | 66.69 | $151.22 |
| 1934 | Dust Bowl & slow recovery | -4.7 | $144.11 |
| 1935 | Social Security Act & recovery optimism | 38.53 | $199.63 |
| 1936 | Re‑election of FDR; war tensions abroad | 24.81 | $249.16 |
| 1937 | Recession of 1937–38 | -32.82 | $167.39 |
| 1938 | Recovery rebound after sharp recession | 28.06 | $214.36 |
| 1939 | WWII begins in Europe (Sep 1) | -2.9 | $208.14 |
| 1940 | France falls; Battle of Britain begins | -12.72 | $181.66 |
| 1941 | Pearl Harbor attack; U.S. enters WWII | -15.38 | $153.72 |
| 1942 | Early WWII losses; Battle of Midway turns tide | 7.59 | $165.39 |
| 1943 | WWII ongoing; war production economy | 13.85 | $188.29 |
| 1944 | D‑Day invasion; Allied advance | 12.13 | $211.13 |
| 1945 | FDR dies; WWII ends | 26.65 | $267.40 |
| 1946 | Post‑war inflation surge | -8.07 | $245.82 |
| 1947 | Cold War begins; Marshall Plan announced | 2.2 | $251.23 |
| 1948 | Berlin Blockade; Truman surprise re‑election | -2.13 | $245.88 |
| 1949 | Recession and deflation fears | 12.94 | $277.70 |
| 1950 | Korean War begins | 17.63 | $326.65 |
| 1951 | Korean War stalemate; inflation persists | 14.37 | $373.59 |
| 1952 | Election uncertainty; Eisenhower wins | 8.4 | $404.98 |
| 1953 | Korean War ends; recession | -3.77 | $389.71 |
| 1954 | Recovery; strong bull market | 44 | $561.18 |
| 1955 | Eisenhower heart attack | 20.78 | $677.79 |
| 1956 | Suez Crisis; Hungarian Revolution | 2.27 | $693.18 |
| 1957 | Recession of 1957–58 | -12.77 | $604.66 |
| 1958 | Recovery rebound | 34 | $810.24 |
| 1959 | Steel strike; Cold War tensions | 16.4 | $943.12 |
| 1960 | Recession & election uncertainty | -9.34 | $855.04 |
| 1961 | Cold War tensions; Bay of Pigs invasion | 18.71 | $1,015.02 |
| 1962 | Cuban Missile Crisis; ‘Flash Crash’ (May 1962) | -10.81 | $905.29 |
| 1963 | JFK assassination | 17 | $1,059.19 |
| 1964 | Civil Rights Act; election uncertainty | 14.57 | $1,213.52 |
| 1965 | Escalation in Vietnam War | 10.88 | $1,345.55 |
| 1966 | Inflation concerns; credit crunch | -18.94 | $1,090.70 |
| 1967 | Six-Day War; Vietnam escalation | 15.2 | $1,256.49 |
| 1968 | MLK & RFK assassinations; Vietnam peak | 4.27 | $1,310.14 |
| 1969 | Vietnam War protests; recession begins | -15.19 | $1,111.13 |
| 1970 | Recession continues; Kent State shootings | 4.82 | $1,164.69 |
| 1971 | Nixon ends gold standard (Aug 15) | 6.11 | $1,235.85 |
| 1972 | Watergate scandal begins; Nixon re-elected | 14.58 | $1,416.04 |
| 1973 | OPEC oil embargo; Yom Kippur War | -16.58 | $1,181.26 |
| 1974 | Watergate resignation of Nixon; recession | -27.57 | $855.59 |
| 1975 | Recovery; end of Vietnam War | 38.32 | $1,183.45 |
| 1976 | Post-Watergate uncertainty; Carter elected | 17.86 | $1,394.81 |
| 1977 | Energy crisis; stagflation fears | -17.27 | $1,153.93 |
| 1978 | Inflation accelerates; dollar weakens | 2.72 | $1,185.31 |
| 1979 | Iran hostage crisis; second oil shock | 4.19 | $1,234.98 |
| 1980 | Inflation peaks; Volcker hikes rates | 14.93 | $1,419.36 |
| 1981 | Recession; Volcker’s high interest rates | -9.23 | $1,288.35 |
| 1982 | Severe recession continues; unemployment peaks | 19.61 | $1,541.00 |
| 1983 | Recovery boom | 20.27 | $1,853.36 |
| 1984 | Deficit worries; Cold War tensions | -3.74 | $1,784.04 |
| 1985 | Plaza Accord; dollar volatility | 27.66 | $2,277.51 |
| 1986 | Challenger disaster; oil price collapse | 22.58 | $2,791.77 |
| 1987 | Black Monday crash (Oct 19) | 2.26 | $2,854.87 |
| 1988 | Market recovery; Iran-Iraq War ends | 11.85 | $3,193.17 |
| 1989 | Savings & Loan crisis; Berlin Wall falls | 26.96 | $4,054.05 |
| 1990 | Iraq invades Kuwait; recession | -4.34 | $3,878.10 |
| 1991 | Gulf War; recession ends | 20.32 | $4,666.13 |
| 1992 | Election uncertainty; sluggish recovery | 4.17 | $4,860.71 |
| 1993 | World Trade Center bombing; deficit reduction | 13.72 | $5,527.60 |
| 1994 | Bond market crash; Fed hikes rates | 2.14 | $5,645.89 |
| 1995 | Tech boom accelerates | 33.45 | $7,534.44 |
| 1996 | Greenspan ‘irrational exuberance’ speech | 26.01 | $9,494.15 |
| 1997 | Asian financial crisis | 22.64 | $11,643.62 |
| 1998 | Russian default; LTCM hedge fund collapse | 16.1 | $13,518.24 |
| 1999 | Dot‑com bubble inflates | 25.22 | $16,927.54 |
| 2000 | Dot‑com bubble peaks; election dispute | -6.17 | $15,883.11 |
| 2001 | Dot‑com crash continues; 9/11 attacks | -7.1 | $14,755.41 |
| 2002 | Corporate scandals (Enron, WorldCom); Iraq war fears | -16.76 | $12,282.40 |
| 2003 | Iraq War begins; recovery starts | 25.32 | $15,392.31 |
| 2004 | Oil price surge; terrorism fears | 3.15 | $15,877.16 |
| 2005 | Hurricane Katrina; housing bubble concerns | -0.61 | $15,780.31 |
| 2006 | Housing market peaks | 16.29 | $18,350.93 |
| 2007 | Global credit crunch begins | 6.43 | $19,530.89 |
| 2008 | Global financial crisis; Lehman collapse | -33.84 | $12,921.64 |
| 2009 | Great Recession trough; recovery begins | 18.82 | $15,353.49 |
| 2010 | Flash Crash; Eurozone crisis | 11.02 | $17,045.44 |
| 2011 | U.S. debt downgrade; Eurozone crisis deepens | 5.53 | $17,988.06 |
| 2012 | Fiscal cliff fears; slow recovery | 7.26 | $19,293.99 |
| 2013 | Fed taper talk; government shutdown | 26.5 | $24,406.90 |
| 2014 | Oil price collapse; Ukraine crisis | 7.52 | $26,242.30 |
| 2015 | China slowdown; Fed rate hike | -2.23 | $25,657.09 |
| 2016 | Brexit; Trump elected | 13.42 | $29,100.28 |
| 2017 | North Korea tensions; tax reform | 25.08 | $36,398.63 |
| 2018 | Trade war with China; Fed tightening | -5.63 | $34,349.38 |
| 2019 | Trade war lingers; impeachment inquiry | 22.34 | $42,023.03 |
| 2020 | COVID‑19 pandemic crash & rebound | 7.25 | $45,069.70 |
| 2021 | COVID variants; inflation concerns | 18.73 | $53,511.25 |
| 2022 | Russia invades Ukraine; Fed rate hikes | -8.78 | $48,812.97 |
| 2023 | Banking turmoil (SVB collapse); AI tech boom | 13.7 | $55,500.34 |
| 2024 | High inflation lingers; Fed policy uncertainty | 12.8 | $63,103.89 |
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