I'm no economist, and I understand there was a tech bubble in the late 1990s, but this still can't be a good thing:
Update: I should also note that it's not the first time in 8.5 years that the Dow has been below 11,453.42; the previous time was on September 11, 2006.
Update 2: I rechecked the numbers and it turns out the Dow closed above today's levels as far back as December of 1999 -- not January 2000 as I had first posted.
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