How come the Dow is so high--It is almost at its all -time high?

Yet we have high unemployment, low GDP, and a European Debt Crisis, Down grade in our credit ratiing, protestors etc.|||The Dow is almost 20% lower that its high of a little over 14,000 4 years ago. Most of the companies on the Dow are multinationals, and therefore make a lot of money in other countries. If they do not move their profit to the US, they reap huge profits and low taxes. By having businesses in foreign countries, they also leverage the fluctuation of the US currency, so the weaker the dollar, the more competitive and profitable they are overseas. They are very adept at maneuvering their business priorities from country to country as the world economies change. Many of these companies make more money overseas than they do in the US! I hope this helps!|||Many companies are making a lot of money. But they are holding on to the money and not hiring new workers. The downgrade of the credit rating involved the Federal government, because the Congress took to much time coming to an agreement about paying loans the government had taken.|||the same reason the the price of gasoline is high:





inflation.