Lsbcal
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I periodically update this chart which seems to resonate with forum members. It overlays the SP500 for each decade since the 1920's. Of course, splitting into decades is arbitrary but we tend to talk about decades ... and lost decades, etc. It's a good reminder of how good and bad investing can get.
Each decade (120 months) is given a different color. The chart gets a little congested. The thick blue line is the current 2020's decade through 2021. The SP500 plus dividends is shown and is inflation corrected. You can see a dashed black line which is a 7% growth rate on this semilog scale and is roughly what the SP500 has averaged after inflation.
You can see the crash of 1929 (yellow) followed by the great depression plus WW2 in the 1930's (dashed blue dots). Also the 1987 (black) crash which yours truly went through.
You can see that the 2000's (orange) were pretty ugly with 2 recessions. This has been followed by the 2010's (purple) which were great and so far the 2020's have been a continuation of great.
What follows ... ? The chart does not tells us that.
Happy New Year and good luck in 2022 !
Each decade (120 months) is given a different color. The chart gets a little congested. The thick blue line is the current 2020's decade through 2021. The SP500 plus dividends is shown and is inflation corrected. You can see a dashed black line which is a 7% growth rate on this semilog scale and is roughly what the SP500 has averaged after inflation.
You can see the crash of 1929 (yellow) followed by the great depression plus WW2 in the 1930's (dashed blue dots). Also the 1987 (black) crash which yours truly went through.
You can see that the 2000's (orange) were pretty ugly with 2 recessions. This has been followed by the 2010's (purple) which were great and so far the 2020's have been a continuation of great.
What follows ... ? The chart does not tells us that.
Happy New Year and good luck in 2022 !