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This poll, 29% say that that is the best long-term investment. 28% say savings accounts or cds, and 14% say bonds. the poll also shows that wealthier, college-educated americans prefer stocks and mutual funds for long-term investing. those with lower incomes, no college education, prefer savings accounts or cds. there are several reasons why americans might be a bit more confident in wall street these days. for one thing, the stock market has staged quite a comeback. it's in much stronger position now, the dow jones industrial average closed yesterday at 11,205. that's up from a low of 6547 in...

Dow jones opened above 11,000 for the first time in a year and a half. right now the dow is down 13 points, s&p down slightly as well as the nasdaq. that is the situation there. still the dow breaking through the 11,000 barrier and closing yesterday, seen as an important milestone. the dow first closed above 11,000 may 1999. it hit its peak 14,000 in october 2007. on its way down during recession it last closed above 11,000 in september 2008. it hit its low of 6547 in march of last year before climbing back to yesterday's close. but to the millions of americans in the economic downturn and hig...

It's in the realm it hasn't been in for quite a while. >> yeah. the blockbuster story is one of those ones where it just is a slow decline to the end. it's a sad one there. trading less than 30 cents at this point. the rest of the market maybe was feeling, i don't know, the luck of the irish? st. patrick's day? because the green was just all over the place yesterday. i was down at the stock exchange. yesterday we closed at 10,733. that's up 48 points. the highest close since october 1st of 2008. the low of this bear market cycle happened on march 9th of last year. on that day we closed at 6547...

Now for our "what in the world" segment. what got my attention this week was an anniversary. tuesday marked the first anniversary of the dow's lowest point in this recession. one year ago on march 9th, 2009, the dow jones industrial average closed at 6,547 points, its lowest level in more than 12 years. the collapse, you remember, was caused by widespread fears that the american financial system was teetering on the edge and could take down the entire economy with it. but that never happened. and in fact since then, the dow has been on a steady climb upwards with a few minor dips and plateaus....

Year can make. this time last year, the dow reached an all-time low. those were not happy times, folks. the dow closed at 6547. that was the lowest close that we saw in 12 years. but what a turnaround, thankfully, we have seen since 19, the dow is up 59 percent. it has had a huge run off of that bottom. so what can we expect today? futures show the market backing off a little bit today. we're going to key an eye on that to see what happens, but it is helpful to note that marker, 6500 a year ago today is a big, big ride for the dow. now i want to bring this to your attention, nfl superstar be...