2006-09-28 17:07:16 · 3 answers · asked by john d 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
Using the link below, you can get DJIA values going back to 1928.
The gain in the index represents a 7.188% return on investment when compounded annually.
Recent academic studies show that the market does about 9% better when democrats are in office than when republicans are in office (yes -- you read that right).
2006-09-29 02:50:56 · answer #1 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only index that goes back that far is the Dow index. Unfortunately, it is not a constant index. They keep changing the makeup of the index. On Jan 2, 1900 it stood at 68.13. On jan 3, 2000 it stood at 11,357.51.
The average rate of return is 5.249% over that 100 years.
2006-09-29 08:33:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
roughly around 7-8% but you can just look at the inflation rates and add about 2% to figure it out yourself
2006-09-29 00:36:32 · answer #3 · answered by Joseph M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋