In short —$1,000 invested in the S&P 500 10 years ago would be worth $3,884 today, i.e. +15%/yr on average. Best year: 2020 (+29%), worst: 2022 (-9%). Price performance, excluding dividends.
If I'd invested $1,000 in S&P 500
Investment
Worth today
Gain
1 years ago
$1,260
+26%
3 years ago
$1,890
+89%
5 years ago
$1,969
+97%
10 years ago
$3,884
+288%
since inception (1984)
$41,417
+4042%
Return by year (S&P 500)
Year ▼
Return i↕
$1,000 invested at year start i↕
2026 (YTD)
+9%
$1,091 (+9%)
2025
+16%
$1,260 (+26%)
2024
+17%
$1,472 (+47%)
2023
+28%
$1,890 (+89%)
2022
-9%
$1,716 (+72%)
2021
+15%
$1,969 (+97%)
2020
+29%
$2,540 (+154%)
2019
+6%
$2,695 (+169%)
2018
+3%
$2,765 (+177%)
2017
+15%
$3,175 (+217%)
2016
+22%
$3,884 (+288%)
⚠️ Past performance, not predictive nor advice. Prices in $, excluding dividends. Yahoo Finance data.
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