110 Years of market data on record
10.4% Average annual return, all decades
41,593× What $1 became over the full span
8 Major downturns survived since 1926
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Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can’t use it yet

Google is stepping back into the high stakes race for frontier artificial intelligence with the announcement of Gemini 4 Argon. After spending much of the summer focusing on smaller, faster Flash models instead of the promised Gemini 3.5 Pro, the tech giant is now pivoting toward raw power. According to the company, Argon delivers industry […]

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Michael Burry Buys Put Options on Nvidia, Micron, and Palantir as “The Big Short” Investor Predicts a 1987-Style Market Crash

Michael Burry is making headlines once again by betting against some of the biggest names in the artificial intelligence boom. The investor famously known for predicting the 2008 housing collapse has taken short positions through put options on Nvidia, Micron Technology, and Palantir. Burry appears convinced that the current enthusiasm surrounding AI is creating a […]

A century, one decade at a time

Average annual return of the S&P 500 in each decade since 1920. Two of the eleven lost money. The other nine paid for them.

+18.0%
1920s
Roaring Twenties bull market
-0.9%
1930s
Great Depression
+9.0%
1940s
WWII and postwar boom
+19.4%
1950s
Post-war expansion and consumer boom
+7.8%
1960s
Space Race, Vietnam War spending
+5.9%
1970s
Oil crisis and stagflation
+17.3%
1980s
Reaganomics and market deregulation
+18.1%
1990s
Dot-com and technology boom
-0.9%
2000s
Dot-com bust and financial crisis
+13.5%
2010s
Longest bull market in history
+7.0%
2020s
Pandemic shock and AI-driven rebound
Best decade 1950s +19.4% Post-war expansion and consumer boom
Worst decade 1930s -0.9% Great Depression
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Decade averages, price return excluding dividends. Past performance does not guarantee future results.