81.  As recently as February, he was predicting an imminent "headlong swan dive" that would cleave 1,000 to 2,000 points from the Dow Jones industrial average.

82.  For that matter, the Dow industrial average, after Wednesday's rise, made up all but a couple of percentage points of the ground it had lost.

83.  For the fifth straight session the Dow Jones industrial average gained ground, the first time since June it has rallied for that many days in succession.

84.  Focusing on the likelihood of a friendlier interest rate environment, investors sent the Dow Jones industrial average up 210.46 points Monday, to close at 10,645.42.

85.  For the next three days, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 2.1 percent.

86.  Following a 4.21 percent decline in Hong Kong's main market index, the Hang Seng, the Dow Jones industrial average and other market barometers reversed early declines.

87.  For the week, the Dow Jones industrial average posted a 14.3 percent loss, its largest since the Great Depression.

88.  For the day, the benchmark Dow Jones industrial average fell 198.59 points, or 2 percent, to 9,808.04.

89.  For the first time in its 101-year history, the Dow Jones industrial average has posted three consecutive annual gains of more than 20 percent.

90.  For example, 11 of the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones industrial average are up this year.