total returns

Thinking Things Over: Why Stock Market Prospects are So Poor for the Long Run (But Why You Still Should Own Stocks)

Thinking Things Over     July 22, 2012 Volume II, Number 29:   Why Stock Market Prospects are So Poor for the Long Run (But Why You Still Should Own Stocks)               By John L. Chapman, Ph.D.      Canton, Ohio At age 79, Blackstone Capital Advisors’ Vice Chairman Byron Wien is one of the elder statesmen of Wall Street.  .. read more

S&P 500 Returns – Since 1990

S&P 500 Composite Total Returns How well have US large cap stocks performed since the 1990s? Well, here is a list of the S&P 500 returns for each year, beginning with 1990. It starts with a $100,000 initial investment on 12/31/1989 and the effects of income and capital gains taxes are not demonstrated. Dividend reinvestment is .. read more