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With all eyes desperately urging The Dow to cross 20,000 and prove that everything in the world of Trumplandia is awesome, we thought some reflection on another major milestone in the omnipresent Stock Index would be worthwhile...

As The New York Times reported 44 years ago... The Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 1,000 mark yesterday for the first time in history.

It finished at 1,003.16 for a gain of 6.09 points in what many Wall Streeters consider the equivalent of the initial breaking of the four-minute mile.

Submitted by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,

We were surprised to note yesterday that even some of the legendary market "bears" appear to be throwing the towel in light of the relentless Trumpflation rally which will not stop until 20K is in the rearview mirror, when we noted that even Bob Janjuah said that "the trends over H1 2017 should be higher (especially US) equities and yields, steeper curves, a stronger USD, and mixed performance in credit (especially in the IG sphere) and EM....

US equity futures and Asian stocks were unchanged while European stocks declined after touching the highest level in almost a year, as Italian and Spanish banks dragged indexes lower. The dollar eased back from 14-year highs as bond yields fell on Wednesday and oil extended its advance in increasingly thin trading.

They're giving it all they've got!! Bob Pisani said that Dow 20,000 was "inevitable.. we'll do it at tomorrow's open"...