Business

Treasury Slaps Bank of America With Massive Penalty Over Security Lapses

Bank of America is facing a staggering 1.2 billion dollar fine after the U.S. Treasury Department accused the financial giant of failing to stop money laundering and violating international sanctions laws. According to officials, the nation’s second largest bank ignored critical national security risks, including networks moving money for Chinese interests and illicit financial flows […]

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110 Years of market data on record
10.4% Average annual return, all decades
41,593× What $1 became over the full span
8 Major downturns survived since 1926
Business

Tech Fever and Debt Mountains Push Sovereign Markets Toward Breaking Point

The International Monetary Fund has issued a stark warning that government bond markets are becoming dangerously fragile, suggesting that yields could experience a chaotic spike. Speaking during the annual IMF-World Bank meetings in Bangkok, officials highlighted a volatile mix of soaring inflation, record levels of public debt, and an unexpected surge in corporate borrowing tied […]

Stock

Silicon Surge as AMD Climbs into Elite Investment Circle

The high stakes world of artificial intelligence continues to drive market momentum as Advanced Micro Devices makes a commanding return to form. Despite an initial dip during Tuesday trading, the Santa Clara based chipmaker managed to rally with a two percent gain, signaling strong investor confidence in its long term trajectory within the AI sector. […]

Sport

Bills Travel West to Battle Rams Under the Lights

The Buffalo Bills are heading across the country tonight to take on the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium for another high stakes edition of Monday Night Football. Coming off their first defeat of the campaign against the New England Patriots, Buffalo is looking to bounce back quickly and maintain their grip on the top […]

A century, one decade at a time

Average annual return of the S&P 500 in each decade since 1920. Two of the eleven lost money. The other nine paid for them.

+18.0%
1920s
Roaring Twenties bull market
-0.9%
1930s
Great Depression
+9.0%
1940s
WWII and postwar boom
+19.4%
1950s
Post-war expansion and consumer boom
+7.8%
1960s
Space Race, Vietnam War spending
+5.9%
1970s
Oil crisis and stagflation
+17.3%
1980s
Reaganomics and market deregulation
+18.1%
1990s
Dot-com and technology boom
-0.9%
2000s
Dot-com bust and financial crisis
+13.5%
2010s
Longest bull market in history
+7.0%
2020s
Pandemic shock and AI-driven rebound
Best decade 1950s +19.4% Post-war expansion and consumer boom
Worst decade 1930s -0.9% Great Depression
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Decade averages, price return excluding dividends. Past performance does not guarantee future results.