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Where can I find really long-term charts?

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The Historical Chart Gallery at StockCharts.com contains long-term charts for the Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq, gold and 30-Year US Treasury Bond. The Dow chart goes back to 1900, the S&P 500 extends back to 1960 and the Nasdaq chart starts in 1978. The 1900 Dow chart is especially fascinating for studying the 1929 crash and its aftermath, while the S&P 500 sports a long consolidation from the late 60s to 1980.

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Chartists can also see 20 years worth of data for many key indices and stocks. These include Spot Gold ($GOLD), the CRB Index ($CRB) and the S&P 500 as well stocks like Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL) and Exxon Mobil.

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Arthur Hill
About the author: , CMT, is a Senior Technical Analyst at StockCharts.com. He has written articles for numerous financial publications including Barrons and Stocks & Commodities magazine. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic approach of identifying trend, finding signals within the trend, and setting key price levels has made him an esteemed technician. In addition to his CMT designation, Arthur holds an MBA from the Cass Business School at City University in London. Learn More
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Thank you for the blog on historical charts. I have wanted long term info for a long time and I hadn't understood where it existed in the Stockcharts realm and relieved that I don't have to shop other services to acquire long term charts. It might be obvious to many but much appreciated by those of us still struggling to improve our trading. Neil Chapman

Posted by: Neil Chapman May 11, 2012 at 09:43 AM

Good historical Info, I have created some charts (i.e. $SPX and $INDU) back to 1981 by entering custom dates. Just enter a start date of 1981-01-01. That covers the entire secular bull market.

Posted by: Randy Rogers May 11, 2012 at 18:17 PM

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