@investboy:History suggests that the Nasdaq’s underperformance can continue. The Dow beat the Nasdaq by at least seven percentage points in 1978, 1980, and 1992, but most months of Dow dominance came during the popping of the dot-com bubble—a total of 12 from 1999 through 2002. There’s nothing worse than kicking someone when they’re down—but sometimes it needs to be done. That’s the case with the Nasdaq Composite, which is on pace to lag behind the Dow Jones Industrial Average in October by the most in any one month since 2002, and could keep bringing up the rear. There’s no denying that the stock market did very well last week. The Dow gained 5.7%, while the S&P 500SPX –0.75% rose 4%, and the Nasdaq advanced 2.2%. It was the Dow’s fourth consecutive week of gains. And what a four weeks it has be