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

Digital Bedrock Shakes as AI Uncovers Decades Old Flaws in Global Web Infrastructure

The very foundation of the modern internet is facing a moment of reckoning after the National Security Agency issued a stark warning regarding two critical vulnerabilities discovered within PHP. As a server side language powering roughly seventy percent of all websites including millions of WordPress installations, PHP is essentially the invisible glue holding much of […]

Stock

Semiconductor Giant ASML Signals Long Term Boom For AI Hardware Leaders

The global semiconductor landscape just received a significant shot of confidence thanks to the latest financial disclosures from ASML. As the sole provider of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machines required to print the world’s most advanced chips, the Dutch firm occupies a unique position in the supply chain. In its third quarter results for 2026, […]

Sport

Firearm Incident Leads to Sudden Exit for Titans Defensive Tackle

The Tennessee Titans have parted ways with defensive tackle Jordan Elliott following a disturbing sequence of events that began as a routine practice scuffle and escalated into a security crisis. What started as a typical clash between linemen turned volatile when Elliott engaged in a physical altercation with offensive tackle J.C. Latham. Witnesses say the […]

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.