Posted by Jed Lewison on Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 11:00 AM Pacific

Nine plus years

As I write this, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is 11,045.

On July 1, 1999, the DJIA closed at 11,066.

Looking at the Dow's historical chart, I think the last time it's had a decline over a 9 year stretch was between 1965 and 1974. I was born in 1973, but I seem to recall hearing something about an oil crisis or something around about that the time...