S&P 500 5 Year Return Monthly Analysis: S&P 500 Returns (2024)

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S&P 500 5 Year Return Monthly Analysis: S&P 500 Returns? ›

S&P 500 5 Year Return is at 91.77%, compared to 70.94% last month and 54.51% last year. This is higher than the long term average of 45.44%. The S&P 500 5 Year Return is the investment return received for a 5 year period, excluding dividends, when holding the S&P 500 index.

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S&P 500 Monthly Return is at 4.80%, compared to -4.16% last month and 0.25% last year. This is higher than the long term average of 0.56%. The S&P 500 Monthly Return is the investment return received each month, excluding dividends, when holding the S&P 500 index.

Basic Info. S&P 500 1 Year Return is at 26.26%, compared to 20.78% last month and 1.15% last year. This is higher than the long term average of 6.81%. The S&P 500 1 Year Return is the investment return received for a 1 year period, excluding dividends, when holding the S&P 500 index.

S&P 500 3 Year Return (I:SP5003YR)

S&P 500 3 Year Return is at 20.44%, compared to 32.26% last month and 43.16% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 23.24%. The S&P 500 3 Year Return is the investment return received for a 3 year period, excluding dividends, when holding the S&P 500 index.

General ROI: A positive ROI is generally considered good, with a normal ROI of 5-7% often seen as a reasonable expectation. However, a strong general ROI is something greater than 10%. Return on Stocks: On average, a ROI of 7% after inflation is often considered good, based on the historical returns of the market.

It will pay dividends quarterly, because that's what dividend-paying corporations do. And nearly 400 of the 500 largest US companies are dividend-paying corporations. The thing is, those 400 companies each follow their own regular quarterly cycle.

S&P 500 Dividend Yield (I:SP500DYT)

S&P 500 Dividend Yield is at 1.35%, compared to 1.47% last month and 1.66% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 1.84%.

Since 1957, the S&P 500's average annual rate of return has been approximately 10.5% (through March 2023) and around 6.6% after adjusting for inflation.

What is the 10 year return of the S&P 500? ›

S&P 500 10 Year Return (I:SP50010Y)

S&P 500 10 Year Return is at 174.4%, compared to 167.3% last month and 156.3% last year. This is higher than the long term average of 114.8%.

The S&P 500 returned 345% over the last two decades, compounding at 7.7% annually. But with dividends reinvested, the S&P 500 delivered a total return of 546% over the same period, compounding at 9.8% annually. Investors can get direct, inexpensive exposure to the index with a fund like the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

Looking at the S&P 500 for the years 1993 to mid-2023, the average stock market return for the last 30 years is 9.90% (7.22% when adjusted for inflation). Some of this success can be attributed to the dot-com boom in the late 1990s (before the bust), which resulted in high return rates for five consecutive years.

S&P 500 5 Year Return is at 70.94%, compared to 85.38% last month and 57.45% last year. This is higher than the long term average of 45.28%.

S&P 500 Monthly Total Return is at -4.08%, compared to 3.22% last month and 1.56% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 0.70%. The S&P 500 Monthly Total Return is the investment return received each month, including dividends, when holding the S&P 500 index.

The S&P 500 is an index, so it does not pay dividends; however, there are mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track the index, which you can invest in. If the companies in these funds pay dividends, you'll receive yours based on how many shares of the funds you hold.

For a point of reference, the S&P 500 has a historical average annual total return of about 10%, not accounting for inflation. This doesn't mean you can expect 10% growth every year; you could experience a gain one year and a loss the next.

Stock market returns since 1960

This is a return on investment of 53,396.70%, or 10.26% per year. This lump-sum investment beats inflation during this period for an inflation-adjusted return of about 4,950.27% cumulatively, or 6.29% per year.

Since it was expanded to include 500 stocks in 1957, the average annualized return in the S&P 500 is closer to 10.15%. That means the average annualized return in SPY is roughly 10%.

The annual return is the compound average rate of return for an investment per year over a period of time. It can be useful when you want to gauge performance over time. The average annual return (AAR) measures the money made or lost by a mutual fund. Read about AAR and how to choose the best mutual fund investment.