Here's the Average Stock Market Return Over the Last 10 Years, and What Investors Can Expect Over the Next 10 Years
Investing in the stock market is one of the best ways to grow your wealth over the long run. Investing doesn't have to be complicated, either. One of the best investing strategies is to buy a low-cost index fund and call it a day.
It's natural to look to history to try to figure out what to expect going forward. Even though we've experienced two bear markets in the last 10 years, the history of the S 500 -- the most commonly used index for referencing "the stock market" -- paints a promising picture. stock market returns have been stronger in recent years, on average, than in the distant past.
Investors may be wondering whether the strong returns of the past decade are here to stay, or whether returns may become more muted going forward. In that regard, taking in the context of the last 10 years, and the overall history of the stock market, can be informative.
Source Fool.com
