The velocity of M1 had an all time peak in 2008 of just over 10 but is today a lowly 6.924.
Nor have we ever gotten back to the all-time peak of the Dow Jones industrial average of 1410, set in October, 2007.
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After April's jump in prices, this ratio is well above its long-run average and only about 15% less than its all-time peak in 1989.
This is off the peak of 9.2 million, but comparisons to the Great Depression seem overwrought when such a figure is at 90 percent of the all-time peak and grew at eight percent last year.
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As everyone now knows, Verizon Wireless ( VZ, VOD) tomorrow is expected to at long last announce a deal to sell a version of the Apple (AAPL) iPhone, and Apple shares this morning are trading higher, hitting a new all-time peak.
The 2011 Pro Circuit National Championships held in Providence, Rhode Island, November 18-20, drew an all-time high of 241, 000 peak concurrent online viewers and more than 3.6 million hours of video were consumed over the weekend.
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In the report, we produce data that suggests a peak of global oil production at less than 95 million barrels a day, up from some 85 million now, and we summarize fears that could result in a peak of less than 92 million, plus a steep fall beyond the peak, all at a time when demand is rising well in excess of 100 million barrels a day.
The Russell 2000 was featured in a major Wall Street Journal headline on Thursday when it moved to new all-time highs, surpassing the July 2007 peak.
Having shovels in many different dirt-piles is meant to provide mining giants with insurance in a cyclical industry: not all commodities will plummet and peak at the same time, according to the theory.
The Dow Jones industrial average popped to a record level Tuesday morning, and kept the bulk of its gains even after some late selling, to climb back above its previous peak and close at an all-time high.
But while the Hang Seng has recovered to within 30% of its August 1997 all-time high, the red chip index is still 57% off its peak.
Along with the broad-based Topix index, the Nikkei is now nearly one-fifth below its peak for this year, in April, and more than three-fifths below its all-time high.
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