> 1973 Don't forget that the price of petroleum and everything downstream of it, which meant just about everything, more or less doubled twice, once in 1973 in

> 1973 Don't forget that the price of petroleum and everything downstream of it, which meant just about everything, more or less doubled twice, once in 1973 in the OPEC boycott and then again in 1980 with the Shah of Iran crisis. It was a difficult time for investors and the economy in general, pretty much world wide.