25 years ago: December 1995 S&P 500: 615.93 (vs. 3694.62 in 12/2020) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 5.58% (vs. 0.92% in 12/2020) Gold: $387.00 (vs. $1831.15 in 12/2020) Oil: $19.54 (vs. read more..

25 years ago: November 1995 S&P 500: 605.37 (vs. 3550.50 in 11/2020) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 5.76% (vs. 0.96% in 11/2020) Gold: $387.80 (vs. $1940.80 in 11/2020) Oil: $18.255 (vs. ... read more..

Today there are only two stock exchanges in the United States, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ.  The NYSE Amex LLC is owned by the NYSE.  This wasn’t the case 225 years ago... read more..

The United States stock market has broken to new highs in January 2020, continuing a bull market that began in March 2009.  The S&P 500 has risen 382% since March 2009 and is approaching the ... read more..

Argentina is one of the most interesting countries among emerging markets. Argentina was one of the ten richest countries in the world in the 1920s, but now doesn’t even make the top 50. Argentina was... read more..

The AMEX has generally been ignored by investors, but this article attempts to redress that neglect. The American Stock Exchange has been a secondary exchange for stocks that were unable or unwilli... read more..

This is the third in a series of blogs we are writing about global bear markets that have occurred over the past 400 years.  Global Financial Data has calculated a World Stock Index that covers equiti... read more..

GFD has calculated a global index of stocks that begins in 1602 and continues until the present. With this index, we can track the changes in global stock markets over the past 400 years. In particula... read more..

On December 9, Paul Volcker, who served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank from 1979 to 1987, died at the age of 92.  Paul Volcker changed the shape of the economy and of financial markets.   T... read more..

Most people know the basic story of the French Revolution.  France’s aid to the United States indebted the nation leading to new taxes that fed a revolt against the king and the aristocracy. The Estat... read more..

The 2020s have begun.  During the 2010s, the fixed-income market has done things no one would have predicted when the 2010s began ten years ago.  The most important feature of the past decade has been... read more..

25 years ago: May 1994S&P 500: 456.50 (vs. 2881.40 in 05/2019)10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 7.17% (vs. 2.47% in 05/2019)Gold: $387.60 (vs. $1287.10 in 05/2019)Oil: $18.295 (vs. $61.65 in 05/... read more..

Co-Authored by Michelle Kangas & Dr. Bryan Taylor   Warrant Buffett once said that the stock market capitalization to GDP Ratio (MC/GDP) is “probably the best measure of where valuations stand a... read more..

Global Financial Data has added over 600 files to its database that provide data on government revenues, government expenditures, the primary balance, interest paid on public debt and the amount of ou... read more..

Global Financial Data has added 50 new Money Supply files. With these additions, the GFDatabase now includes data on the Money Supply from over 100 countries. You can find these files by going to GFD’... read more..

GFD had minor release to our live site and data set on 5/17/2019. See below for details on the changes 1. GFD did our annual review and went back to the data published on central bank websites to com... read more..

Everyone hates Covid-19 and the way it has disrupted our lives.  The Covid pandemic has shut down the world and led to the layoff of millions of workers.  Unemployment has soared, GDP has de... read more..

25 years ago: October 1995 S&P 500: 581.5 (vs. 3446.83 in 10/2020) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 6.03% (vs. 0.78% in 10/2020) Gold: $382.65 (vs. $1887.45 in 10/2020) Oil: $17.635 (vs. read more..

25 years ago: September 1995 S&P 500: 584.42 (vs. 3401.2 in 09/2020) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 6.17% (vs. 0.68% in 09/2020) Gold: $384 (vs. $1949.35 in 09/2020) Oil: $17.54 (vs. $3 read more..

The S&P 500 reached new highs last week causing some analysts to call this the fastest recovery from a bear market in history; however, this shows that many analysts are not looking at the whole p... read more..

Goodbye to an Original DJIA MemberExxonMobil had been in the DJIA longer than any other stock, having been added on October 1, 1928.  S&P Dow Jones announced its reorganization of the Dow Jones... read more..

The Dow Jones Transportation Average has been calculated on a real-time basis longer than any stock market index in the world. The Dow Jones Transportation Average has been calculated on a real-tim... read more..

Two people who tried to answer this question were Yale Hirsch and David Schwartz.  Both of them made an extensive analysis of temporal patterns in the stock market to determine whether you were b... read more..

  The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is one of the three key indices that are used to follow the United States Stock Market.  Although it includes only 30 stocks and is an average of stock prices... read more..

  Not only did the Covid Crisis send stocks tumbling in March throughout the world, but it also created some of the worst monthly performances for the month of March in stock market history.  It is ve... read more..

  So far the coronavirus has given investors a wild ride during the first half of the year.  Virtually every stock market in the world declined in value during the first quarter of 2020 and read more..

  25 years ago: August 1995 S&P 500: 561.88 (vs. 3351.28 in 08/2020) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 6.28% (vs. 0.57% in 08/2020) Gold: $382.35 (vs. $2067.15 in 08/2020) Oil: $17.895 (vs. $41.... read more..

25 years ago: July 1995 S&P 500: 562.06 (vs. 3185.04 in 07/2020) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 6.45% (vs. 0.64% in 07/2020) Gold: $383.35 (vs. $1803.10 in 07/2020) Oil: $17.555 (vs. $4 read more..

25 years ago: June 1995 S&P 500: 544.75 (vs. 3066.59 in 06/2020) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 6.21% (vs. 0.71% in 06/2020) Gold: $387.05 (vs. $1710.45 in 06/2020) Oil: $17.375 (vs. $3 read more..

Events in Time Anniversaries: May 2020 25 years ago: May 1995 S&P 500: 533.40 (vs. 3044.31 in 05/2020) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 6.30% (vs. 0.65% in 05/2020) Gold: $384.30 (vs. $1728 read more..