Dow's New Height Not as Giddy as the Last One

In less than seven years, the value of the typical U.S. home has risen 64%. The price of gold has doubled. The Russian stock market has rocketed nearly 800%.

And the Dow Jones industrial average just broke even. Though “[i]f inflation is taken into account, the Dow has to rise another 2,150 points before it will set an all-time high.”