SP 500 Index Annual Rate of Return
1965 10.0
1966 -11.7
1967 30.9
1968 11.0
1969 -8.4
1970 3.9
1971 14.6
1972 18.9
1973 -14.8
1974 -26.4
1975 37.2
1976 23.6
1977 -7.4
1978 6.4
1979 18.2
1980 32.3
1981 -5.0
1982 21.4
1983 22.4
1984 6.1
1985 31.6
1986 18.6
1987 5.1
1988 16.6
1989 31.7
1990 -3.1
1991 30.5
1992 7.6
1993 10.1
1994 1.3
1995 37.6
1996 23.0
1997 33.4
1998 28.6
1999 21.0
2000 -9.1
2001 -11.9
2002 -22.1
2003 28.7
2004 10.9
2005 4.9
2006 15.8
2007 5.5
2008 -37.0
2009 26.5
2010 15.1
2011 2.1
2012 16.0
2013 32.4
2014 13.7
2015 1.4
2016 12.0
2017 21.8
2018 -4.4
2019 31.5
Average Compounded Annual Rate of Return of SP 500 (1965-2019) = 10.0%.
(By David Meng, author of book "$5 Million in 8 Years")
