Annualized return stock market
19 Feb 2020 The S&P 500 index is a benchmark of American stock market performance, dating back to the 1920s. The index has returned a historic Compound Annual Growth Rate (Annualized Return). A problem with talking about average investment returns is that there is real ambiguity about what people The average annualized return of the S&P 500 Index was about 11.69% from 1973 to 2016. In any given year, the actual return you earn may be quite different