annual return

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For the previous 10-year period, the S&P 500’s average annual return was 7.2%.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

The total annual return of the S&P 500 was negative for 13 of the past 60 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The buyback aristocrat strategy showed a hypothetical 14.5% annual return over 10 years, with only 13% tech weighting.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

So in return for protecting 90% of investors’ capital on a quarterly basis, the fund’s annual return turned out to be 77% that of SPY.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

These are grounds of hope for others; for ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis