The S&P 500 Total Return Index

For 2010, the S&P 500 gained 12.78%. The Total Return Index, which includes dividends, gained 15.06%. Over the last five years, the Total Return Index gained 11.99% and over the last ten years, it’s up by 15.07%.

Even after an explosive rally, the index is still more than 12% below its all-time high from 2007.

Measured from August 2000, the S&P 500 Total Return Index is up by 0.47%.

I prefer to follow my own invention, what I call the Highly Selective S&P 500 Total Return Index. See, things don’t look so bad now:

Posted by on January 2nd, 2011 at 11:21 am


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