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Common Stock Prices & Yields, U.S.: 1985-2020, Business and Industry Statistics

Common Stock Prices & Yields, U.S.: 1985-2020
(Latest Year Available)
Year	Common Stock Prices¹				Stock Yields (S&P) (%)²
	New York Stock Exchange Composite Index (Dec. 31, 2002=5000)	Dow Jones Industrial Average	Standard & Poor's Composite Index (1941-43 = 10)	NASDAQ Composite Index (Feb. 5, 1971 = 100)	Dividend- Price Ratio³
						1985	1,285.66	1,546.67	211.28	324.93	4.25
						1990	1,908.45	2,633.66	330.22	373.84	3.61

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