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Industrials, close to 9% on the year. 14,253. 77 the new record. loris talking to average folks. reporter: neil, hi there. so, wall street is this dynamic of touris and traderrers who cannot be bothered. even on a day like today, people hustle and bustle, and business as usual but they looked up and noticed the extra media presence, and we told, the the dow hit a new record, hasn't done that in some five or six years, and they all pretty much agreed that's a good thing but there are still a whole lot of things to be concerned about. in fact more things to be worried about with this economy tha...

It's, a truly historic day on wall street today. >> it was a huge day. stock prices closed at an all-time high. the dow jones industrials gained more than 125 points, ending the day above 14,253, breaking a record set back in 2007. take a look at how the dow has been on the rise. back in mid-november, after the election, it was below 12,600, so what's driving this rally now? let's bring in our chief business correspondent, ali velshi. ali, this is your forte, definitely not mine. explain this to me. what is going on? >> i've got a slightly different version of the same chart that you just show...

Infinite possibilities. >> >> shepard: it's now officially as if the great recession never even happened. at least when it comes to the dow jones industrial average of the dow hit an all-time high today, 14,253, a new record. and an important indicator of just how far our economy has come. check out how the markets moved over the past six years. the previous record high in october oof '07. look at that low in '9. courtesy of the financial crisis, the great recession. since those dark days, the dow has more than doubled. a gain according to one research group that's worth more than $2 trillion....