The Dow Jones Industrial Average has soared over 1200 points this month, breaking a record set in 1999 If you’re looking for work in London or camped out protesting with Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park, it may not feel like it but this has been one of the best months ever for the US stock exchanges. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the biggest index of US stock prices, has soared over 1200 points this month, breaking a record set in April 1999, a far more happy go-luck year when MySpace was born, the first dotcom boom was underway and the euro was established