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The Dow climbed to 14253.77 on Tuesday to set a new all-time high. The economic landscape has changed a great deal since the previous record was set in October 2007:

  • GDP Growth: Then +2.5%; Now +1.6%
  • Unemployed: Then 6.7 million; Now 13.2 million
  • Food Stamp users: Then 26.9 million; Now 47.69 million
  • Fed’s Balance Sheet: Then $0.89 trillion; Now $3.01 trillion
  • Debt as a Percentage of GDP: Then ~38%; Now 74.2%
  • Total US Debt: Then $9.008 trillion; Now $16.43 trillion
  • Consumer Confidence: Then 99.5; Now 69.6
  • VIX: Then 17.5%; Now 14%
  • 10 Year Treasury Yield: Then 4.64%; Now 1.89%
  • Gold: Then $748; Now $1583
  • NYSE Average daily volume: Then 1.3 billion shares; Now 545 million shares

Source: WSJ