Happy 40th Birthday, Nasdaq Composite

The Nasdaq Composite Index debuted 40 years ago today. The index started at 100 on February 5, 1971.

The all-time low close came on October 3, 1974 when the index hit 54.87. The high came on March 10, 2000 at 5048.62. Nearly 11 years later we’re barely more than half that.

Posted by on February 5th, 2011 at 7:08 pm


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