Interest Rates And Market Behavior: 5, 10, And 20 Years Ago

Interest Rates And Market Behavior: 5, 10, And 20 Years Ago by Brad McMillan, Commonwealth Financial Network Yesterday’s post on jobs made some interesting points about the relative performance of the economy today and in previous decades, highlighting both strengths and weaknesses of the current recovery. A look at financial figures over the same time periods offers a different but equally interesting set of observations. March/Q1 2015 2010 2005 2000 1995 1990 10-year Treasury rate 2.04 3.73 4.50 6.26 7.20 8.59 S&P 500 2,079.99 1,152.05 1,194.90 1,442.21 493.15 338.47 S&P 500 TTM PE ratio 20.21 19.19 19.57 29.41 15.38 15.69…