Over 10-year periods, the stock market goes up

Since 1937, the stock market has gone up 91% of the time over 10-year periods.

It may be a tough slog going forward, but that’s not much different than other difficult periods in history. The 1970s was no cakewalk. Vietnam, Watergate, gas lines, double-digit inflation, yet, including dividends, investors made money in every 10-year period involving the 1970s (i.e. 1967-1976, 1973-1982, etc.)

World War II didn’t do much to stop the stock market. Only the 10-year period ending in 1946 finished down — and that included several years of the Great Depression.

Over 10-year periods, the stock market goes up, and it goes up a lot. Including dividends, the market rises an average of 129% over 10 years, more than doubling investors’ money.

Source:  Marc Lichtenfeld, Market Watch

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