The S&P 500 Total Return Index

Here’s a look at how the S&P 500 has performed since 1970 with dividends included:

The total return index is up 3.89% this year. Over the last 10 years, it’s down 4.23%.

If you had invested $100 in the market each month since 1970, you’d have about $640,000 today.

Posted by on October 1st, 2010 at 1:37 pm


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