Politics

Trump Heads to Iowa Amidst Internal Party Friction and Legal Scandals

Donald Trump is traveling to Iowa this evening to energize Republican supporters and rally behind Representative Ashley Hinson, who is currently vying for a Senate seat. While the visit is intended to project party unity ahead of the midterms, the trip comes amid public disagreements between Trump and Hinson over aggressive campaign tactics. Specifically, Hinson […]

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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

Digital Deadlock As Cybercriminals Fail To Crack Critical PHP Flaw

The digital world breathed a collective sigh of relief this week as initial fears of a global internet collapse failed to materialize. Just twenty four hours after government agencies from the FBI to European intelligence services issued dire warnings that critical vulnerabilities in PHP could force websites offline, security experts report a surprising lack of […]

Stock

Exchange Giant Defies Gravity As Tech Index Tumbles

In a striking display of market divergence, shares of Nasdaq Inc. surged to an all time high on Thursday, proving that the house always wins even when the guests are losing. The exchange operator climbed into the prestigious Big Cap 20 list just as the very index it manages suffered a bruising decline. It is […]

Sport

Youth Movement Takes Center Stage as Bears and Patriots Clash on Thursday Night

The NFL often spends years debating which rookie quarterback truly defines a draft class, but the narrative is shifting quickly ahead of Thursday night’s showdown. While the 2024 draft saw an unprecedented number of signal callers go early, Caleb Williams of the Chicago Bears and Drake Maye of the New England Patriots are rapidly separating […]

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.