March 14, 2013 (Chinavestor) The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) not only had a nine day straight advance, the longest winning streak since 1996, but is up over 116% since 2009. The following charts tell you how Dow components did since 2009. Source for the charts: Google Finance

March 11, 2013 (Chinavestor) Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the US Economy added a total of 236,000 non-farm payrolls in February. The number is sound and is above consensus estimates. But it's always wise to put numbers into perspective - this is why we created the following chart.

While February 2013 number is good, there is a lot more room left for improvement. The US economy lost a total of 8.67 million jobs in the January 2008-December 2009 period and has recovered 5.67 million since January 2010. Sound jobs creation and a healing housing market may continue to provide catalyst for equity markets for now.