Politics

How White House media access was restored

The tension between the executive branch and the press reached a boiling point recently after President Donald Trump announced a ban on several major news organizations. The move targeted outlets including CNN, MSNBC, and Politico, effectively stripping their journalists of the credentials needed to report from within the halls of power. This sudden restriction sparked […]

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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

Mortgage Rates Now Close to 7.5%

Homebuyers looking at current listings may find themselves facing a harsher reality than some headlines suggest. While several media outlets are reporting that 30 year fixed mortgage rates have only recently crossed the 7 percent threshold, those numbers often rely on delayed surveys that don’t reflect the immediate market. For instance, recent figures from Freddie […]

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.