S&P 500 Total Return Up in 80% of Past 78 Years (1942-2019)
Over the past 78 years (1942-2019), the S&P 500 (with dividends included) has gone up in 80% of those years.
S&P 500 Total Returns by Year
| Year | Total Return |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 31.49 |
| 2018 | -4.38 |
| 2017 | 21.83 |
| 2016 | 11.96 |
| 2015 | 1.38 |
| 2014 | 13.69 |
| 2013 | 32.39 |
| 2012 | 16.00 |
| 2011 | 2.11 |
| 2010 | 15.06 |
| 2009 | 26.46 |
| 2008 | -37.00 |
| 2007 | 5.49 |
| 2006 | 15.79 |
| 2005 | 4.91 |
| 2004 | 10.88 |
| 2003 | 28.68 |
| 2002 | -22.10 |
| 2001 | -11.89 |
| 2000 | -9.10 |
| 1999 | 21.04 |
| 1998 | 28.58 |
| 1997 | 33.36 |
| 1996 | 22.96 |
| 1995 | 37.58 |
| 1994 | 1.32 |
| 1993 | 10.08 |
| 1992 | 7.62 |
| 1991 | 30.47 |
| 1990 | -3.10 |
| 1989 | 31.69 |
| 1988 | 16.61 |
| 1987 | 5.25 |
| 1986 | 18.67 |
| 1985 | 31.73 |
| 1984 | 6.27 |
| 1983 | 22.56 |
| 1982 | 21.55 |
| 1981 | -4.91 |
| 1980 | 32.42 |
| 1979 | 18.44 |
| 1978 | 6.56 |
| 1977 | -7.18 |
| 1976 | 23.84 |
| 1975 | 37.20 |
| 1974 | -26.47 |
| 1973 | -14.66 |
| 1972 | 18.98 |
| 1971 | 14.31 |
| 1970 | 4.01 |
| 1969 | -8.50 |
| 1968 | 11.06 |
| 1967 | 23.98 |
| 1966 | -10.06 |
| 1965 | 12.45 |
| 1964 | 16.48 |
| 1963 | 22.80 |
| 1962 | -8.73 |
| 1961 | 26.89 |
| 1960 | 0.47 |
| 1959 | 11.96 |
| 1958 | 43.36 |
| 1957 | -10.78 |
| 1956 | 6.56 |
| 1955 | 31.56 |
| 1954 | 52.62 |
| 1953 | -0.99 |
| 1952 | 18.37 |
| 1951 | 24.02 |
| 1950 | 31.71 |
| 1949 | 18.79 |
| 1948 | 5.50 |
| 1947 | 5.71 |
| 1946 | -8.07 |
| 1945 | 36.44 |
| 1944 | 19.75 |
| 1943 | 25.90 |
| 1942 | 20.34 |
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