Where can I find the average rate of return of the S&P 500 for a period of time?

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Where can I find the average rate of return of the S&P 500 for a period of time?

For example between 1945 and 1970. Or 1952 to 1958. etc
Thanks,

2006-11-28 04:02:45 · 1 answers · asked by Fred McCormick 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing

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You can download monthly historical quotes back to 1950 for the S&P 500 index from Yahoo Finance and calculate them from that data:

http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=%5EGSPC&a=0&b=3&c=1950&d=10&e=28&f=2006&g=m&ignore=.csv

2006-11-28 05:31:30 · answer #1 · answered by Randy H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋