Relationship Stock market and Oil prichttp://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/fredgraph.png?&id=DCOILWTICO,DJIA&scale=Left,Left&range=Max,Custom&cosd=1986-01-02,1986-01-02&coed=2013-01-29,2013-02-01&line_color=%230000ff,%23ff0000&link_values=false,false&line_style=Solid,Solid&mark_type=NONE,NONE&mw=4,4&lw=1,1&ost=-99999,-99999&oet=99999,99999&mma=0,0&fml=a,a&fq=Daily,Daily&fam=avg,avg&fgst=lin,lin&transformation=nbd,nbd&vintage_date=2013-02-04,2013-02-04&revision_date=2013-02-04,2013-02-04&nd=2007-12-01,2007-12-01

As someone who watches the markets for equities and commodities fairly closely I have been interested in the incidence of relationship between increases in oil prices and the increase in the value of stock market indices like the Dow. Here is a chart of the changes over a period from 1986 until today.