BULL MARKET TIMELINE

2009 April 30: Chrysler declares bankruptcy July 7: Dow suffers first correction in new bull market

2010 March 9: Bull market turns 1 May 10: Greece debt crisis leads to euro bailout

2011 March 11: 9.0 quake rocks Japan, nuclear crisis ensues Aug. 8: Stocks plunge as S& P cuts USA’s AAA credit rating

2012 May 18: Facebook IPO marred by technical glitch Oct. 29- 30: Hurricane Sandy

2013 April 15: Boston Marathon terror attack; gold plunges 9.4%, worst drop in 30 years June 19: “Taper tantrum” begins as Fed hints at paring bond purchases Aug. 27: Syrian chemical weapons crisis intensifies Oct. 1: 16- day U. S. government shutdown begins Dec. 18: Fed announces start of taper of bond purchases

2014 March 3: Russia/ Crimea crisis intensifies Oct. 1: First U. S. Ebola diagnosis

2015 Jan. 22: ECB announces QE bond buying program July 6: Greece votes “no” in bailout referendum July 16: Greece lawmakers OK debt bailout July 27: Chinese stocks plunge 8.5% Aug. 11: China devalues yuan 1.9% vs. dollar Aug. 24: S& P 500 suffers first correction since 2011 Nov. 13: Paris terror attack Dec. 16: Fed hikes rates for first time since 2006

2016 Jan. 7: Chinese stocks plunge on economic worries Jan. 8: Stocks suffer worst- ever week to start year Jan. 20: U. S. crude falls below $ 27 per barrel Jan. 29: Bank of Japan goes to negative rates for first time March 22: Brussels terror attack June 11: Orlando terror attack at Pulse nightclub June 24: UK “Brexit” vote Sept. 17: Terror bombings in New Jersey and New York Nov. 8: Trump elected U. S. president Dec. 14: Fed hikes rates for second time since financial crisis

2017 Jan. 25: Dow tops 20,000 for first time Jan. 27: Trump issues controversial travel ban