* The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the year at 13,104.14, a gain of 7.3 percent. The Nasdaq composite ended 2012 at 3,019.51, a gain of 15.9 percent. The Standard & Poor’s 500 finished at 1,426.19, a gain of 13.4 percent.
* Corporate profits as a share of the economy are at their highest level since1950.
* Worker compensation as a share of the economy is at the lowest level since 1955.
* Federal revenue as a share of the economy is the lowest in 60 years.
* The cost of the 2012 presidential election: more than $2 billion. The contribution of Sheldon and Miriam Adelson: $95 million.
* There are no mid-term elections this year.
* The National Shooting Sports Foundation, an uber-influential lobbying group for gun retailers, has its headquarters across the road from Newtown’s Sandy Hook Elementary School.
* There is no state law in Florida for the number of guns a person can buy at one time.