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S&P Global Ratings (previously Standard & Poor's and informally known as S&P) is an American credit rating agency (CRA) and a division of S&P Global that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks, bonds, and commodities.
At that pace, $50 invested weekly in the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF would be worth $101,000 in 15 years and $705,000 in 30 years. Dow Jones Industrial Average: 15-year return of 362% (10.7% annually)
In August 2011, S&P downgraded the long-held triple-A rating of US securities. [1] On August 1, 2023, Fitch downgraded its credit-rating of United States Treasuries from AAA to AA+, as S&P had twelve years earlier, leaving only Moody's to still assign its highest rating to the country's debt. [10]
Over a decade, that equals a return of just 34%, which would rank in the 7th percentile of 10-year returns since 1930. By contrast, the S&P 500 has jumped 38% over just the last year.
Even though the Nasdaq Composite rose 85.6% and the S&P 500 Index rose 19.5% in 1999, more stocks fell in value than rose in value as investors sold stocks in slower growing companies to invest in Internet stocks. [10] On March 10, 2000, the index peaked at 5,132.52, but fell 78% from its peak by October 2002. [11]
A version of this post first appeared on TKer.co. Goldman Sachs’ prediction that the S&P 500 will deliver 3% annualized nominal total returns over the next 10 years has gotten a lot of attention ...
A linear chart of the S&P 500 daily closing values from January 3, 1950, to February 19, 2016 A logarithmic chart of the S&P 500 index daily closing values from January 3, 1950, to February 19, 2016 A daily volume chart of the S&P 500 index from January 3, 1950, to February 19, 2016 S&P 500 Max Min Chart to Jan 2025 with Trend, with plots less Inflation, and comparison plots
Though this index includes just 500 of the more than 6,000 publicly traded U.S. stocks, the S&P 500 tells a more complete story of what the market is doing than the Dow or Nasdaq 100.