It's rosy, but not as much as you might think. U need to correct for inflation going back to the former highest numerical value. You also need to correct for the laggards taken out of the DJIA since the previous highest number.DJIA
6627 March 6, 2009
15,680 Oct 29, 2013
An increase of 137% in 4 years and 7 months.
Alltime high