Equity returns since 12/31/1999

From the Crossing Wall Street site: as of yesterday 4/17/2007 the S&P

500 has at last reached its 12/31/1999 close: up for the millenium. That's before 22% inflation, of course ....

The interesting part of the post is the following table on changes in indexes since 12/31/1999:

S&P 600 Small-Cap Value............129.84% S&P 600 Small-Cap..................115.01% S&P 400 Mid-Cap Value..............109.02% S&P 600 Small-Cap Growth............98.15% S&P 400 Mid-Cap.....................97.07% S&P 400 Mid-Cap Growth..............84.92% Dow Utilities.......................82.35% Dow Transports......................70.70% Morgan Stanley Cyclical.............68.33% Russell 2000........................64.23% Morgan Stanley Consumer.............36.02% S&P 500 Value.......................29.95% Dow.................................11.10% (29.03% w/divs) Russell 3000.........................8.19% Wilshire 5000........................7.95% (20.49% w/divs) Russell 1000.........................4.60% S&P 500..............................0.15% S&P 100............................-15.04% S&P 500 Growth.....................-23.75% Nasdaq.............................-38.15% Nasdaq 100.........................-50.51%

David