The U.S. stock market is the largest stock market in the world, accounting for 43% of the $106 trillion global equity market last year. U.S. stocks have created substantial wealth over time, something Warren Buffett attributes to a unique combination of commerce and innovation. Currently, 17 of the 20 largest companies in the world are U.S. companies.

The U.S. stock market is divided in different ways, but its performance is primarily measured through three major financial indexes: the S 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), and the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC).

Those indexes share certain stocks in common, but investors view them differently. Read on to see how all three indexes performed over the last decade as of Jan. 15, 2024.

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