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

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

Another option is the $39 billion iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF, which yields 2% and has a 10-year average annual return of 13.2%, Ullal says.

From Barron's • May 13, 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

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