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Interesting Facts and Stats

62% of large employers provided health
benefits for retirees in 2001
80% provided health benefits in 1991

1940 - First Social Security Retirement payment made.

1898 - Travelers Insurance sells the first automobile
insurance policy.

1690 - Massachusetts authorizes the first official paper
currency used in the Western Hemisphere.

 | 100% gain is required to recover from a 50% drop in
value |
 | 400% gain is required to recover from a 80% drop in
value |
 | 1,900% gain is required to recover from a 95% drop in
value |

1867, Michigan becomes the first state to institute a
property tax to support a university.

 | 1889, The Wall Street Journal begins publication. |
 | 1896, The Dow Jones Industrial Average is published for the
first time. |

 | 85% of men over age 65 worked in 1900 |
 | 17% of men over age 65 worked in 2000 |
 | source - Bureau of Labor Statistics |

1981, the first 401k plan is started at The Johnson
Companies

 | 40% of stocks in the Russell 3000 lost 20% or more in 2000 |
 | source - The Vanguard Group |

 | 1995, the first year in U.S. History that consumers bought
more with credit cards than cash |
 | source - U.S. News & World Report |

 | 2,311 = number of the 2,841 losing stock mutual funds that
paid capital gains distributions in the year 2000 |
 | source - Thomson Financial |

 | Percentage of Stocks on the New York Stock Exchange that declined in 1999
- 64% |
 | Percentage of Stocks on the Nasdaq that declined in 1999 - 50% |

 | Number of Wall Street Research Reports tracked by First Call in 1999 -
28,000 |
 | Number of Wall Street Research Reports rated BUY in 1999 - 18,766 |
 | Number of Wall Street Research Reports rated HOLD in 1999 - 8,963 |
 | Number of Wall Street Research Reports rated SELL in 1999 - 273 |
 | The moral - chances of being told to sell are slim (actually less than 1%) |
 | source - First Call/Thomson Financial |

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