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The Standard and Poor's 500, or simply the S&P 500, [5] is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 of the largest companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followed equity indices and includes approximately 80% of the total market capitalization of U.S. public companies, with an ...
The upper cluster has two roughly parallel curvy plots using S&P 500 Monthly $ MAXIMUM values for the upper line and $ MINIMUM values for the lower line 1/1950 to latest on chart. The upper cluster has 2 straight lines a Best Fit Upper, and Best Fit Lower, which in effect represent one line with thickness or separation, value see chart legend.
The S&P 500 index peaked at 2,930 on its 20 September close and dropped 19.73% to 2,351 by Christmas Eve. Bitcoin price peaked on 17 Dec '17, then fell 45% on 22 Dec '17. The DJIA falls 18.78% during roughly the same period. Shanghai Composite dropped to a four-year low, escalating their economic downturn since the 2015 recession. [37] [38]
Calculations by author. The range, as you can see, is vast, depending on just how well the S&P 500 performs. Over a 35-year investing period, the delta between averaging an 8% annual return and a ...
Here’s the S&P 500’s performance over the last 10 years, to March 25, 2024 , and its average annual performance and total performance over four time periods. Time 1 year
In all but two of the prior 28 cases, the S&P 500 was higher 12 months later, with an average gain of 12.5% and a 93% win rate. This compares to a 9.0% average one-year return with a 74% win rate.
December 26, 2018: While on pace for the worst December performance since the Great Depression, S&P 500 registers a new largest daily point gain of 116.60 points, which translates to roughly 5% on the index. [49] December 31, 2008: For the year, S&P 500 falls 38.49 percent, its worst yearly percentage loss.
While the S&P 500 was first introduced in 1923, it wasn't until 1957 when the stock market index was formally recognized, thus some of the following records may not be known by sources. [ 1 ] Largest daily percentage gains [ 2 ]