110 Years of market data on record
10.4% Average annual return, all decades
41,593× What $1 became over the full span
8 Major downturns survived since 1926
Business

Anthropic CEO Amodei set to meet with Trump after missing state dinner

Dario Amodei, the co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, is scheduled to hold a private dinner with President Donald Trump this Sunday at the White House. This highly anticipated one-on-one meeting follows Amodei’s conspicuous absence from a lavish state dinner held for Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this week. While other prominent tech figures like Elon […]

Stock

Stock futures slip after winning week on Wall Street: Live updates

Wall Street is seeing a slight cooldown on Sunday night as stock futures dip following an otherwise triumphant week for investors. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures retreated by 97 points, while both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures slipped by 0.2 percent. This modest pullback comes largely on the heels of rising oil prices, with […]

Sport

Week 3 NFL scores, live updates: Dolphins not ‘optimistic’ about De’Von Achane knee injury; Justin Jefferson questionable with ankle injury

Week 3 of the NFL season delivered a chaotic mix of stunning upsets and concerning injuries, leaving several teams scrambling to adjust their rosters heading into October. In one of the most surprising results of the day, the Washington Commanders managed to take down the defending Super Bowl champions in a narrow 33-31 victory. Filling […]

A century, one decade at a time

Average annual return of the S&P 500 in each decade since 1920. Two of the eleven lost money. The other nine paid for them.

+18.0%
1920s
Roaring Twenties bull market
-0.9%
1930s
Great Depression
+9.0%
1940s
WWII and postwar boom
+19.4%
1950s
Post-war expansion and consumer boom
+7.8%
1960s
Space Race, Vietnam War spending
+5.9%
1970s
Oil crisis and stagflation
+17.3%
1980s
Reaganomics and market deregulation
+18.1%
1990s
Dot-com and technology boom
-0.9%
2000s
Dot-com bust and financial crisis
+13.5%
2010s
Longest bull market in history
+7.0%
2020s
Pandemic shock and AI-driven rebound
Best decade 1950s +19.4% Post-war expansion and consumer boom
Worst decade 1930s -0.9% Great Depression
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Decade averages, price return excluding dividends. Past performance does not guarantee future results.