Yesterday Lake Lanier reached full summer pool 1071 after over 4 years! 9/6/05 last time we were at 1071.
Yesterday the DOW went over 10,000 it had not been there in over 1 year. Both events were thought impossible. The water in December 2008 was 20 feet below full pool. The DOW had tanked last year and climbed almost 3,500 points in the past 7 months, also unbelievable!
The DOW was at 14,000 an all time high in 2007 and Lake Lanier was at its peak in early 2007 as far as Home Values and then took a steep decline over the past 2-3 years as much as 30%.
But now we are looking up and so is the DOW. The last time we took a big dip on Lake Lanier water levels was in 2001 and 2002, the Dow Started its Descent in 2001 thru to a low in 2003 before it climbed back up to its all time high in 2007.
The Dow had a big crash in 1987, Lake Lanier was at it lowest point prior to our last drought in 1986 and continued into 1987! So Lake Lanier can PREDICT a DOW crash too!
Below are the stats from 1974 to current day, thought you would find this interesting.
Moral of the Story....When our Lake starts to go down over 10.0 feet look out for your stocks! But the good news is this.....Lake Lanier has ALWAYS come back to full pool, it just took way too long this time around.....as has this current RECESSION...Uncanny Huh?
Have a great day and remember if you need a CURRENT value of your Lake Lanier home, you know who to call.
Mary Thompson
http://www.marytappraisals.com
December 31 1974 - September 30, 2009
| Significant Levels On The Dow |
| December 6, 1974 |
577 |
The last Bear Market bottom |
| July 12, 1976 |
1011 |
Highest point between Jan '73 and Oct. '82 |
| August 12, 1982 |
776 |
The start of the "Reagan Bull" |
| August 25, 1987 |
2722 |
The 1987 high |
| October 19, 1987 |
1738 |
The (508 point) crash of 1987 |
| February 2, 1994 |
3975 |
The top of the post 1987 crash recovery |
| November 23, 1994 |
3674 |
The start of the Clinton "super bull" |
| March 29, 1999 |
10006 |
The first Dow close above 10000 |
| January 14, 2000 |
11723 |
The "Clinton bull" high |
| March 17, 2000 |
10630 |
The biggest one day gain (499 points) |
| March 20, 2001 |
9720 |
Dow closes below previous year low - first time since 1982 |
| Sept 11-14, 2001 |
9605 |
Terrorist attack - Dow closed for four days |
| Sept 17, 2000 |
8920 |
The biggest one day fall (685 points) |
| Sept. 21, 2001 |
8235 |
Dow's second worst week ever -14.26% |
| Dec 31, 2001 |
10021 |
Dow up 21.7% from Sept. 21 low but down 7.2% on the year |
| July 23, 2002 |
7702 |
Low close of break below post 9/11 low. |
| Sept 30, 2002 |
7591 |
New 2002 low - All treasury yields (except 30-year bond) at 2002 lows. |
| Oct 9, 2002 |
7286 |
New 2002 low - Dow down 37.8% from Jan 14, 2000 all time high. |
| Oct 31, 2002 |
8397 |
Dow up 806 points (10.6%) for Oct. First "up" month since March. |
| Nov 6, 2002 |
8771 |
Fed cuts rates for first time since Dec. 2001 - 0.50% - Fed Funds 1.25% - Discount 0.75% |
| Dec 31, 2002 |
8341 |
Dow down 16.8% for 2002. First three consecutive year loss since 1939-41 |
| May 23, 2003 |
8601 |
Senate passes bill raising the Treasury debt limit by $US 984 Billion to $US 7.384 TRILLION |
| June 25, 2003 |
9011 |
Fed cuts rates by 0.25% to a post 1958 low of 1.00% |
| Dec 31, 2003 |
10453 |
Dow up 25.32% in 2003 - Dollar down 14.67% in 2003 |
| October 3, 2006 |
11727 |
Dow exceeds its January 14, 2000 high of 11723 |
| October 9, 2007 |
14164 |
New all time high on the Dow |
| July 2, 2008 |
11215 |
Dow closes more than 20% below its Oct. 2007 high - bear market |
| February 27, 2009 |
7062 |
Dow closes at post 1997 low - more than 50% below its Oct. 2007 high. |
October 14th 10,000 Dow reaches 10,000 in over one year! |
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