annual return

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Over the past 10 years through Thursday, the S&P 500’s average annual return, with dividends reinvested, has been 15.7%, according to data supplied by LSEG.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Assuming a historical 7% annual return, after accounting inflation, all of the above options should beat your high-yield savings accounts and CDs.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 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

Over the next six years, Houdaille produced a 33.9% average annual return for KKR’s institutional investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 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