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That was a 9% drop. this morning it went below that, so we got into correction territory. over one year, however, as of last night, the dow had gained 21%. that is more than double what you would get in a normal year. and year-to-date, meaning, from january 1st until yesterday, you were down on the dow just 2%. again, the context is really important. percentages matter much more than the points do. that's the dow. not my favorite, as i told you. this is my favorite, the s&p 500. why? the dow is 50 stocks. this is 500. it is broader and more measured. it hit a high on january 26th. 2,872 points...

January of this year. if you bought in a fund that tracked the dow, it would be worth 2,872. the nasdaq, 2,812, and 2,850 for the s&p 500. you have had a very nice year. in the savings account, i saw a cd advertised for $10,000 for a half percent to hold your money for two years. that's why people are in the stock market. the price of your home likely hasn't gone up by very much over the past few years, you're not getting a 15%, or 20% raise at work, that's why people are telling me they're not feeling this rally overall, but investors say it's the only place to try to get in and make some mon...

Nippon is the country's largest. tokyo metropolitan government is a shareholder of tepco. sumitomo mitsui bank and mizuho are two giants. mizuho being the country's second largest lender. let me take you through the stock performance of a few companies. i want to emphasize the general trend we're seeing since march 11th, the day of the quake and tsunami. coming back up a bit and then where we are today. back where we ended just a couple days after the quake and tsunami hit. for sumitomo bank, the share price on march 11th was 2872 and now just above the 2500 mark. same for mizuho bank, 162, no...