The Big Picture posted a chart from Crossing WallStreet showing the inflation adjusted Dow. Mike asks:
Anyone know what it is with dividends?Not the Dow, but detailed below are returns of the S&P 500 with dividends going back to 1973, both cumulatively and by 10-year rolling average.
Cumulative
10-Year Rolling Period
Not pretty, but 1996 is not as bad as The Big Picture's title “Inflation Adjusted Dow is at 1966 Levels” might imply.
Source: BLS
Could you add returns on treasuries to your charts for comparison?
ReplyDeleteBloomberg ran a chart of the day on this topic last week, but I can't access the chart and don't really understand the article.
Cheers & congrats on the first anniversary!
Could you present the same plot but with inflation-adjusted gold overlayed on the data? It would be interesting to see if stocks really do outperform over the long-term...
ReplyDeleteHow many times has the 10-Year Rolling Period turned negative in history?
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