S&P 500 10 Year Return Monthly Trends: S&P 500 Returns (2024)

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S&P 500 10 Year Return (I:SP50010Y)

Basic Info. S&P 500 Monthly Return is at 3.10%, compared to 5.17% last month and 3.51% last year. This is higher than the long term average of 0.56%. The S&P 500 Monthly Return is the investment return received each month, excluding dividends, when holding the S&P 500 index.

Basic Info. S&P 500 Monthly Total Return is at -4.08%, compared to 3.22% last month and 1.56% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 0.70%.

The historical average yearly return of the S&P 500 is 12.02% over the last 10 years, as of the end of December 2023.

If the S&P 500 profit margin continues to follow that trendline, for calendar 2024 it will be above 12% - well-above the 30-year average of 8%. That's precisely what analysts are estimating, according to John Butters, FactSet Senior Vice President and Senior Earnings Analyst.

Basic Info. S&P 500 3 Month Return is at 3.92%, compared to 10.16% last month and 2.28% last year.

But it's important to note that the S&P 500 index itself does not pay dividends—the companies in the index do. An investor has to buy shares of the companies themselves or of index funds in order to receive dividends. “The S&P itself does not pay a dividend,” explains Titan investment manager Christopher Seifel.

The Monthly Return Distribution graph shows the frequency distribution of the returns. Each bar shows the number of times that the monthly returns fall within a specified range.

Imagine you wish to amass $3000 monthly from your investments, amounting to $36,000 annually. If you park your funds in a savings account offering a 2% annual interest rate, you'd need to inject roughly $1.8 million into the account.

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The stock market has returned an average of 10% per year over the past 50 years. The past decade has been great for stocks. From 2012 through 2021, the average stock market return was 14.8% annually for the S&P 500 index (SNPINDEX:^GSPC).

According to his math, since 1949 S&P 500 investments have doubled ten times, or an average of about seven years each time.

For a point of reference, the S&P 500 has a historical average annual total return of about 10%, not accounting for inflation. This doesn't mean you can expect 10% growth every year; you could experience a gain one year and a loss the next.

Does the S&P 500 Pay Dividends? The S&P 500 is an index, so it does not pay dividends; however, there are mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track the index, which you can invest in. If the companies in these funds pay dividends, you'll receive yours based on how many shares of the funds you hold.

S&P 500 1 Year Return is at 27.86%, compared to 28.36% last month and -9.30% last year. This is higher than the long term average of 6.70%. The S&P 500 1 Year Return is the investment return received for a 1 year period, excluding dividends, when holding the S&P 500 index.

S&P 500 2 Year Return is at 21.87%, compared to 15.98% last month and -0.28% last year. This is higher than the long term average of 14.10%. The S&P 500 2 Year Return is the investment return received for a 2 year period, excluding dividends, when holding the S&P 500 index.

S&P 500 Annual Total Return is at 26.29%, compared to -18.11% last year. This is higher than the long term average of 9.95%. The S&P 500 Annual Total Return is the investment return received each year, including dividends, when holding the S&P 500 index.

Annual rate of return (ROR) is the amount earned on an investment over a 12-month period, and is usually expressed as a percentage. That percentage can be positive or negative, depending on the amount gained or lost compared to the principal—the initial investment or beginning amount during the analyzed holding period.