Looking at the annual returns of the SP 500 since 1970, and including the period from 1995 to 1999, there were just 16 calendar years of the 48 years in the data set, where the SP 500 returned greater than 20% for the calendar year, In only 3 instances was a +20% or greater year...
Nevertheless, over longer periods, S&P 500 returns have been remarkably consistent. As of the end of 2021, the S&P 500's 10-year average annual return was 14.8%, its 30-year average annual return was 9.9% and its 50-year average annual return was 9.4%. Largest S&P 500 Components As of...
Last year, U.S. stocks took investors by surprise. This graphic shows S&P 500 historical returns since 1875 to put 2023 returns into context.
Market watchers would be quick to point a few things out on this front. For one, just because the market is at a high doesn’t mean it doesn’t have the potential to go higher. In fact, the S&P 500 has been in bull modesome 85% of the timesince 1950, and returns tend to be b...
Ultra-Simple Shiller’s CAPE: How One Year’s Data Can Predict Equity Market Returns Better Than Ten by Thomas Philips and Adam Kobor. Kobor and Philips list Professor Robert Shiller and Professor Aswath Damadoran as sources. Their revenue estimates use the S&P Data (linked above) plus a "pa...
All of these ETFs have delivered exceptional performance over the last 11 years, because they mirror the S&P 500. And these US large caps have produced stellar returns over the period. Every single one of those trackers did its job. True, we can see that some did it slightly better than ...
Which index funds give the best returns? What index is better than the S&P 500? Is the S&P 500 ETF a good investment? Suzanne Frey, an executive at Alphabet, is a member of The Motley Fool’s board of directors. John Mackey, former CEO of Whole Foods Market, an Amazon subsidiary, is...
CHART: Stock Market Sector Streaks Since 1974, And How They Never Last Very LongLisa Mahapatra
S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) has generated an average three-year return of 15.79% as of Aug. 31, 2023. Based on trailing 10-year data, the fund generated average annual returns of 12.66%. Since the inception of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, the fund achieved average annual returns of 9.92%...
Indeed, over long-term horizons, the index typically produces better returns than actively managed portfolios, especially after taking into account taxes and fees. So, what if you had just held the S&P 500, using anindex fundor some other means of holding the stocks in it?