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
Stock

Can The Market Take Flight? 2026’s Top Stock Flashes Buy Signal

Investors are closely watching the horizon as a promising buy signal emerges for one of 2026’s most anticipated stocks, raising questions about whether the broader market is finally ready to take flight. While optimism is building around specific high growth opportunities, the current landscape remains fragmented. Recent trading sessions have seen a tug of war […]

Sport

Lane Kiffin returns to Ole Miss, and draws a very profane chant

Lane Kiffin returned to Oxford this Saturday in a homecoming that felt more like a villain entering his old stomping grounds than a nostalgic reunion. Now leading LSU, Kiffin stepped back onto the Ole Miss turf after abandoning the program during what many believed was their best shot at a national championship. The atmosphere was […]

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.