2009 Dow Projections

The Dow started the year at 13,043 and is currently down 35% year to date.  Below we highlight a chart that gives investors some perspective on where the index would stand at the end of next year based on various percentage gains or losses.  Because the index is down so much, a gain of even 30% in 2009 would still leave the Dow 2,000 points below where it started 2008.  A gain of 20% would put the index at 10,220, and a gain of 10% would only get it to 9,368.  On the downside, a 10% decline in '09 would leave the Dow at 7,665.  A decline of 20% would put the index at 6,813, and another 30% loss would leave the Dow at a scary level of 5,961.  If the index has another 35% loss, it would stand at 5,536 at the end of 2009, and for the index to get back to where it stood at the start of '08, it needs to gain 53%.

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