(Published on Bolseando2 in Spanish, April 2010)
On dshort.com there are some very interesting long-term charts of the S&P 500.
Let’s look at the following chart, which shows the performance of the S&P 500 from 1870 to 2010, both in nominal terms (the index value you can find on many websites) and in “real” terms, i.e., adjusted for inflation. It also provides charts for the “total” value, taking into account the dividends received over those years, assuming they were reinvested.
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