Renditen der US-Aktienmärkte (1872 bis 2024) – je weniger man hinschaut, desto mehr gewinnt man [OC]

All charts and analysis: [https://themeasureofaplan.com/us-stock-market-returns-1870s-to-present/](https://themeasureofaplan.com/us-stock-market-returns-1870s-to-present/)

Key insights:

* Simple Average: the average return of the U.S. stock market has been 8.6% per year over the past ~150 years (1872 to 2024)
* Annualized Average: the return of the U.S. stock market has been 7.1% per year on an annualized average basis, over the past ~150 years
* The market has grown in 69% of all years, and declined in 31% of all years on record
* While the range of returns across 1-year periods has varied significantly (from negative 37.0% to +53.2%), the annualized returns across 20-year periods have a much tighter range (from +0.5% to +13.2%)
* The U.S. stock market has never declined over any 20-year period in history

Tools used: excel, powerpoint

Data sources: Robert Shiller dataset, Yahoo Finance

Are the values adjusted by inflation?