http://www.indextown.com/archives/2006/10/04/dow-at-new-high-and-dividend-distributions/ Personal finance and investing in mutual funds and ETFs Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:12:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.indextown.com/archives/2006/10/04/dow-at-new-high-and-dividend-distributions/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Indexfundfan @ Indextown » Breakeven point for an investment in S&P500 index Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:11:33 +0000 http://www.indextown.com/archives/2006/10/04/dow-at-new-high-and-dividend-distributions/#comment-263 [...] The recent highs of the Dow Jones Industrials Average prompted me to look into whether a lump-sum investment at the peak of the S&P 500 has reached the breakeven point. According to data from Yahoo finance, the S&P 500 reached its last peak on Mar 24, 2000, with a value of 1527.46 and the closing value of the S&P 500 on Oct 6, 2006 was 1349.59. This means that the ‘raw’ index has only reached 1349.59 / 1527.46 = 88.4% of its 2000 peak. It appears that there is more than 10% to go before the breakeven point is reached. [...] [...] The recent highs of the Dow Jones Industrials Average prompted me to look into whether a lump-sum investment at the peak of the S&P 500 has reached the breakeven point. According to data from Yahoo finance, the S&P 500 reached its last peak on Mar 24, 2000, with a value of 1527.46 and the closing value of the S&P 500 on Oct 6, 2006 was 1349.59. This means that the ‘raw’ index has only reached 1349.59 / 1527.46 = 88.4% of its 2000 peak. It appears that there is more than 10% to go before the breakeven point is reached. [...]

]]> http://www.indextown.com/archives/2006/10/04/dow-at-new-high-and-dividend-distributions/comment-page-1/#comment-195 brightinvesting.com » Dow hits all-time high Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:47:00 +0000 http://www.indextown.com/archives/2006/10/04/dow-at-new-high-and-dividend-distributions/#comment-195 [...] to dividend distributions.  That’s a great point.  See his post for more details. Was this article interesting? Add it to del.icio.us Posted by Joe « Jim Cramer defeated by imaginarymonkey [...] [...] to dividend distributions.  That’s a great point.  See his post for more details. Was this article interesting? Add it to del.icio.us Posted by Joe « Jim Cramer defeated by imaginarymonkey [...]

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