American Dream Died with Dow 49,200

Something profound and historic happened during the New Millennium transition, as we left behind the manic New Economy dot-com ‘90s and the 20th century’s era of wild, irrational exuberance that reminded us of the Roaring Twenties, the Crash of 1929 and the long Great Depression ... we also left behind the optimism driving the American Dream. That dream died in the New Millennium transition.