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The Bumpy Road to the Market’s Long-Term Average

Ginnie Baker
June 12, 2023

Since 1926, the US stock market has rewarded investors with an annualized return of about 10%. But returns in any given year may be sky-high, extremely poor, or somewhere in between.

• Annual returns came within two percentage points of the market’s long-term average in just six of the past 97 years.
• Yearly returns have ranged as high as up 54% and as low as down 43%.
• Since 1926, annual returns have been positive 71 times and negative 26 times.

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Adapted from The Bumpy Road to the Market’s Long-Term Average by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.

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