From January 1 of this year steem stood at $.16 as of now its at 1.24 and looks to be holding strong above a $1.
Steem has had a 7.75x gain since the beginning of the year. I wished I had found this site back then.
http://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/steem/
For the month of May the currency has risen above $1 three times but has failed to hold. As of to day it's at $1.24 and looking strong and should hold.
http://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/views/all/
Rank market cap price
#13 Steem $290,388,853 $1.24