Historical stock market returns by month

NASDAQ YTD Performance

Consider a strategy in which $100.00 was invested in the S&P 500 over a period of no more than 24 months beginning in 1926. This would result in a final amount of $1,027,235.22, including dividend reinvestments. In this particular case, dollar-cost average returns are less than the returns of a lump-sum investment (which ends with $1,173,722.24). Stock market performance by month COVID-19 vaccine dose rate worldwide by select country or territory February 20, 2023

Stock performance by month

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Dollar-cost averaging

Source: Graph created by Guggenheim Investments using data from dowjones.com. Cumulative returns are calculated by Guggenheim Investments. Logarithmic graph of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1.1.1897 through 12.31.2022. Bull and bear markets illustrated are long-term secular periods, and do not necessarily indicate all bull or bear market periods, which may differ based on methodology utilized. For this analysis, we considered the end of a bull market when the index drops below its peak and stays there for a significant period of time. NASDAQ By Year - Annual Returns This chart shows the rate of gains and loss by month, including dividends:

Average stock market returns by month

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