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Interesting Facts and Stats

62% of large employers provided health benefits for retirees in 2001 (Source: Thompson Financial)

80% provided health benefits in 1991 (Source: Thompson Financial)

1940 - First Social Security Retirement payment made. (Source: Social Security Administration)

1898 - Travelers Insurance sells the first automobile insurance policy. (source: Travelers Insurance)

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. (Source Dow Jones Inc.)
	1896, The Dow Jones Industrial Average is published for the first time. (source: Dow Jones Inc.)

	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 - (Source: The Vanguard Group)

	1995, the first year in U.S. History that consumers bought more with credit cards than cash
	source - (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 - (Source: Thomson Financial)

	Percentage of Stocks on the New York Stock Exchange that declined in 1999 - 64% (Source: NYSE Inc.)
	Percentage of Stocks on the Nasdaq that declined in 1999 - 50% (Source: NASDAQ Inc.)

	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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Interesting Facts and Stats

Securities offered through Sigma Financial Corporation. A registered broker/dealer. Member FINRA & SIPC.

Planning Services offered through Sigma Planning Corporation, a registered investment advisor.

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Last modified: 10/30/09