Readers of the 60 Second Marketer blog will recall a series of posts we ran called Good Economic News last April. Our intent was to spread the word that the economy wasn’t as in bad shape as the news media would have us believe.

Since our posts, the stock market has gained 33%. We’re not sayin’ the stock market jumped up because of our little blog … but you never know.

Here’s a short write-up on all this from The Rollins Financial Blog:

“As I write this post, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up a cool 7%. I’m not talking about the Dow’s performance for the year; I’m talking about for the week. Since the Dow bottomed on March 9, 2009, the index has gained an astounding 33%.

The Standard & Poor’s Index of 500 Stocks is also up a sterling 5.8% for the week. Since the S&P’s bottom on March 9, 2009, that index is up an incredible 37%. There’s no question that the true stellar index so far in this rally has been the NASDAQ Composite. This week, the NASDAQ has gained 7.3%, and since its bottom on March 9, 2009, it is up an amazing 49%.”

Have hope, fellow marketers. The economy is improving!

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