Great decade so far! (SP500 chart)

[Lsbcal]

I update this chart occasionally to get a sense of perspective. Being a semilog chart one can see the growth rates (the dashed red line represents 7% inflation adjusted growth). The chart shows the SP500 comparison decade to decade.

The blue line is our current 2010's decade. There is, of course, nothing special about a decade except it's a convenient way to think about movements and history. A few memorable events are noted on this chart too.

Memories are still fresh of that 2000's rough ride (orange line), so downturn fears are understandable. It has been a relatively smooth ride since 2009.. Hoping for more up-and-to-the-right! Good luck to all in the 2019 investment year.

 

[Exrook]

Chart isn't showing up for me...

 

[Lsbcal]

Chart isn't showing up for me...

I can see it in 3 browsers: Firefox, Edge, Safari. Maybe try a reboot?

 

[audreyh1]

No sh!t!

Thanks for the update.

I see the graph just fine.

 

[sengsational]

I like that it's got dividends and is inflation adjusted. So we see that there were 2 "lost decades" out of 8 (presuming we keep our head above water for 2 more years). Not bad odds.