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Back in Black

Friday, April 20, 2007 | 02:07 PM

Eddy Elfenbein points out that the SPX is now positive for the millenium, since its close at 1471.48 on April 17, 2007.

That's 0.15% higher than the December 31, 1999 close of 1469.25, for a 7-1/4 year gain of 0.15%. (The bad news is that inflation has increased by 22%; dividends have added about 12.5%)

Here's Eddy's rundown of some major indexes since December 31, 1999:

S&P 600 Small-Cap Value............129.84%
S&P 600 Small-Cap......................115.01%
S&P 400 Mid-Cap Value...............109.02%
S&P 600 Small-Cap Growth..........98.15%
S&P 400 Mid-Cap...........................97.07%
S&P 400 Mid-Cap Growth..............84.92%
Dow Utilities...................................82.35%
Dow Transports..............................70.70%
Morgan Stanley Cyclical.................68.33%
Russell 2000...................................64.23%
Morgan Stanley Consumer.............36.02%
S&P 500 Value...............................29.95%
Dow.................................................11.10% (29.03% w/divs)
Russell 3000....................................8.19%
Wilshire 5000..................................7.95% (20.49% w/divs)
Russell 1000....................................4.60%
S&P 500...........................................0.15%
S&P 100........................................-15.04%
S&P 500 Growth...........................-23.75%
Nasdaq...........................................-38.15%
Nasdaq 100...................................-50.51%