where can i find stats for historical returns on stocks and money markets?

Answer 1

If by historical returns, you mean closing prices, then it's simple!

Go to Yahoo finance (http://finance.yahoo.com)

Type in your symbol of the stock you’re looking for

Then on the left, click on historical quotes.

Now, you can then type in the date range you want and choose daily/weekly/etc and download the data to excel or wherever.


Or if you prefer, you can go to this link instead. Just replace GOOG with the stock symbol that you’re looking for.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=GOOG

Here’s the link to NYSE index

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=%5ENYA

You can also put in mutual funds, etc.

If you're looking for 1 yr, 5 yr return, etc, then click on the info on the left. Or for mutual funds, go to morningstar.com

Have fun!


*The adjusted price is the stock price adjusted for splits. So if a stock was at 100, and split 2 for 1 to 50, the adjusted price would show you the price as if the stock had always been at 50 so you can determine the real change in value of that stock over time.

Answer 2

I find Yahoo finance very helpful if you want info on different countries markets change to another yahoo country eg ca, co.uk or au