Total Returns From 1825 to 2008


March 2, 2009 by Preet 5 Comments

This is a graph that shows the distribution of returns from 1825 to 2008 for the US stock market. Note that different indices were used (and index data collection methodologies) depending on the time period. It’s not 100% perfect, but is pretty close for the purposes intended: to show just how much of an outlier 2008 was. This was originally posted towards the end of November 2008 (hence the red block indicating YTD 2008). Click the picture to enlarge.

Source: Value Square Asset Management, Yale University as found on Ritholz.com/blog

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Preet Banerjee, B.Sc., FMA, DMS, FCSI is the W Network's Money Expert. He is a former stockbroker and financial planner. Prior to that, he was a racecar driver, and before that he trained to be a neuroscientist. Basically, he can't hold down a job for very long.

Comments

  1. Mark Wolfinger says:
    March 2, 2009 at 8:12 pm

    Hi Preet.

    With 2008 being such an outlier, what’s that suggest for 2009?

    Mark

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  2. Preet says:
    March 2, 2009 at 9:45 pm

    @Mark Wolfinger: Hopefully it suggests that strong positive years are soon in the cards, although I don’t know if that will be 2009 necessarily.

    Reply

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