Chart    Table:  2000-2003   1995-1999   1990-1994   1985-1989   1980-1984
FOMC Meeting Dates Nasdaq Composite's Cumulative Return

Month

Day

 

Year

FOMC Day

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

February

1

 

1995

0.41%

1.12%

2.23%

3.13%

3.15%

3.78%

March

28

 

1995

0.43%

-0.42%

-0.70%

-0.66%

-0.56%

-1.08%

May

23

 

1995

0.97%

0.78%

0.70%

0.08%

-1.43%

-0.76%

July

6

*

1995

1.18%

2.97%

3.70%

3.02%

4.97%

5.56%

August

22

 

1995

0.55%

0.83%

0.12%

0.03%

-1.13%

-1.57%

September

26

 

1995

-0.77%

-1.87%

0.09%

-0.25%

-1.78%

-2.46%

November

15

 

1995

0.12%

0.37%

0.42%

-1.07%

-1.50%

-1.86%

December

19

 

1995

2.38%

2.27%

3.80%

4.42%

4.67%

4.55%

January

31

*

1996

0.81%

1.73%

1.98%

3.05%

3.59%

3.19%

March

26

 

1996

0.12%

0.62%

0.71%

1.32%

1.79%

2.23%

May

21

 

1996

-0.30%

-0.06%

0.04%

-0.02%

-0.95%

-1.80%

July

3

*

1996

-0.80%

-2.75%

-3.55%

-3.15%

-4.19%

-7.12%

August

20

 

1996

-0.55%

-0.36%

1.15%

1.07%

0.73%

1.60%

September

24

 

1996

0.31%

1.09%

1.36%

1.53%

1.28%

0.83%

November

13

 

1996

0.33%

1.10%

0.42%

-0.16%

0.48%

0.67%

December

17

 

1996

0.42%

1.94%

2.77%

2.19%

1.47%

2.11%

February

5

*

1997

-1.84%

-1.99%

-1.17%

-2.80%

-3.07%

-1.08%

March

25

 

1997

0.44%

2.13%

0.55%

-1.69%

-2.07%

-3.35%

May

20

 

1997

1.69%

2.42%

2.34%

3.61%

5.07%

5.14%

July

2

*

1997

1.21%

2.04%

2.26%

3.26%

3.36%

3.66%

August

19

 

1997

1.99%

3.77%

2.41%

1.86%

2.04%

1.39%

September

30

 

1997

-0.55%

-0.28%

0.44%

1.23%

1.59%

2.50%

November

12

 

1997

-2.72%

-1.62%

-0.09%

1.85%

0.98%

1.03%

December

16

 

1997

1.07%

0.70%

-0.87%

-0.77%

-0.29%

-1.73%

February

4

*

1998

0.85%

0.63%

1.68%

1.45%

2.56%

2.53%

March

31

 

1998

0.93%

1.59%

1.88%

2.02%

0.57%

-1.10%

May

19

 

1998

0.78%

0.01%

-0.58%

-1.45%

-2.92%

-2.76%

July

1

*

1998

1.04%

-0.04%

0.78%

0.71%

2.15%

2.38%

August

18

 

1998

2.04%

1.36%

0.79%

-1.12%

-1.50%

-1.09%

September

29

 

1998

-0.30%

-2.61%

-7.30%

-7.14%

-11.64%

-13.13%

November

17

 

1998

0.90%

1.92%

3.12%

3.57%

6.22%

5.60%

December

22

 

1998

-0.80%

1.61%

1.17%

1.98%

2.05%

1.35%

February

3

*

1999

1.22%

-2.17%

-3.65%

-2.37%

-6.20%

-6.25%

March

30

 

1999

-0.50%

-1.26%

0.02%

2.70%

2.82%

2.07%

May

18

 

1999

-0.14%

0.61%

-0.77%

-1.63%

-4.22%

-7.06%

June

30

*

1999

1.67%

2.42%

3.74%

3.58%

3.82%

4.91%

August

24

 

1999

1.21%

3.16%

2.02%

1.45%

-0.25%

0.73%

October

5

 

1999

0.13%

2.19%

2.32%

3.24%

4.29%

2.73%

November

16

 

1999

2.36%

1.55%

3.96%

4.65%

5.37%

3.83%

December

21

 

1999

3.36%

4.05%

4.90%

5.06%

4.97%

6.81%

* = two-day FOMC meeting