The U.S. stock market has performed very well so far this year. As of Oct. 24, the S&P 500 has a year-to-date total return – that is, including dividends – of 21.8%. That's about 70% higher than the S ...

A key takeaway from the above table of Dow Jones net annual returns is that the highest years are generally lower than those of the S&P 500 index, but the lows are not as low. This suggests that the ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. “The stock market is not the economy” ...

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