Since the stock market mirrors the economy, the Dow should grow along with US GDP. It has, very roughly speaking. But the DJIA-GDP measure has ranged from 25 to 129 since 1949, with an average of 75. It’s currently at 77. Caution: the last below-average period lasted 25 years.Sign up to read the rest of this subscriber-only content, or if you are already a member please sign in here.
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