Dates when the Dow Jones industrial average first crossed key levels in its daily close on the way down before and during the Great Recession …
— 14,164.53 (all time high): Oct. 9, 2007.
— 14,000: Oct. 15, 2007.
— 13,000: Nov. 12, 2007.
— 12,000: Jan. 22, 2008.
— 11,000: July 15, 2008.
— 10,000: Oct. 6, 2008.
— 9,000: Oct. 9, 2008.
— 8,000: Nov. 19, 2008.
— 7,000: March 2, 2009.
— 6,547.05 (Great Recession low): March 9, 2009.
… and on the way back up:
— 7,000: March 12, 2009.
— 8,000: April 3, 2009.
— 9,000: July 23, 2009.
— 10,000: Oct. 14, 2009.
— 11,000: April 12, 2010.
— 12,000: Feb. 1, 2011.
— 13,000: Feb. 28, 2012.
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Source: FactSet.
