Inflation-Adjusted Rates of Return 1926-1999 | ||||||
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Year | Large Company Stocks |
Small Company Stocks |
Long term Corporate Bonds |
Long term Government Bonds |
Intermediate Government Bonds |
U.S. Treasury Bills |
1926 | 0.133 | 0.018 | 0.090 | 0.094 | 0.07 | 0.048 |
1927 | 0.404 | 0.247 | 0.097 | 0.112 | 0.067 | 0.053 |
1928 | 0.450 | 0.411 | 0.038 | 0.011 | 0.019 | 0.045 |
1929 | -0.086 | -0.515 | 0.031 | 0.033 | 0.058 | 0.046 |
1930 | -0.201 | -0.342 | 0.149 | 0.113 | 0.136 | 0.089 |
1931 | -0.373 | -0.444 | 0.085 | 0.047 | 0.079 | 0.117 |
1932 | 0.023 | 0.053 | 0.235 | 0.303 | 0.213 | 0.126 |
1933 | 0.532 | 1.418 | 0.098 | -0.006 | 0.013 | -0.002 |
1934 | -0.034 | 0.217 | 0.115 | 0.078 | 0.068 | -0.018 |
1935 | 0.433 | 0.361 | 0.065 | 0.019 | 0.039 | -0.027 |
1936 | 0.323 | 0.628 | 0.055 | 0.062 | 0.018 | -0.01 |
1937 | -0.37 | -0.593 | -0.004 | -0.028 | -0.015 | -0.028 |
1938 | 0.348 | 0.366 | 0.092 | 0.085 | 0.093 | 0.029 |
1939 | 0.001 | 0.008 | 0.045 | 0.064 | 0.050 | 0.004 |
1940 | -0.107 | -0.060 | 0.024 | 0.051 | 0.020 | -0.009 |
1941 | -0.194 | -0.171 | -0.064 | -0.080 | -0.084 | -0.088 |
1942 | 0.101 | 0.323 | -0.061 | -0.056 | -0.067 | -0.083 |
1943 | 0.220 | 0.826 | -0.003 | -0.010 | -0.003 | -0.028 |
1944 | 0.173 | 0.506 | 0.026 | 0.007 | -0.003 | -0.017 |
1945 | 0.334 | 0.698 | 0.018 | 0.083 | 0.000 | -0.019 |
1946 | -0.222 | -0.252 | -0.139 | -0.155 | -0.145 | -0.151 |
1947 | -0.030 | -0.074 | -0.104 | -0.106 | -0.074 | -0.077 |
1948 | 0.027 | -0.047 | 0.014 | 0.006 | -0.009 | -0.019 |
1949 | 0.210 | 0.220 | 0.052 | 0.084 | 0.042 | 0.030 |
1950 | 0.245 | 0.311 | -0.035 | -0.054 | -0.048 | -0.044 |
1951 | 0.171 | 0.018 | -0.081 | -0.093 | -0.052 | -0.041 |
1952 | 0.173 | 0.021 | 0.026 | 0.003 | 0.007 | 0.007 |
1953 | -0.016 | -0.071 | 0.028 | 0.03 | 0.026 | 0.012 |
1954 | 0.534 | 0.614 | 0.059 | 0.077 | 0.032 | 0.013 |
1955 | 0.311 | 0.200 | 0.001 | -0.016 | -0.011 | 0.0120 |
1956 | 0.036 | 0.014 | -0.094 | -0.082 | -0.031 | -0.003 |
1957 | -0.134 | -0.171 | 0.055 | 0.043 | 0.047 | 0.001 |
1958 | 0.409 | 0.620 | -0.039 | -0.077 | -0.030 | -0.002 |
1959 | 0.103 | 0.147 | -0.024 | -0.037 | -0.018 | 0.0140 |
1960 | -0.010 | -0.047 | 0.075 | 0.121 | 0.101 | 0.012 |
1961 | 0.260 | 0.312 | 0.041 | 0.003 | 0.012 | 0.014 |
1962 | -0.098 | -0.130 | 0.066 | 0.056 | 0.043 | 0.016 |
1963 | 0.208 | 0.216 | 0.006 | -0.005 | -0.001 | 0.014 |
1964 | 0.151 | 0.221 | 0.035 | 0.023 | 0.028 | 0.023 |
1965 | 0.103 | 0.391 | -0.023 | -0.012 | -0.009 | 0.019 |
1966 | -0.130 | -0.100 | -0.030 | 0.003 | 0.013 | 0.014 |
1967 | 0.203 | 0.781 | -0.078 | -0.119 | -0.019 | 0.012 |
1968 | 0.061 | 0.298 | -0.021 | -0.048 | -0.002 | 0.005 |
1969 | -0.138 | -0.294 | -0.134 | -0.105 | -0.064 | 0.005 |
1970 | -0.014 | -0.217 | 0.122 | 0.063 | 0.108 | 0.009 |
1971 | 0.106 | 0.127 | 0.074 | 0.096 | 0.052 | 0.010 |
1972 | 0.151 | 0.010 | 0.037 | 0.022 | 0.017 | 0.005 |
1973 | -0.216 | -0.365 | -0.07 | -0.091 | -0.039 | -0.017 |
1974 | -0.345 | -0.287 | -0.136 | -0.070 | -0.058 | -0.037 |
1975 | 0.282 | 0.428 | 0.072 | 0.020 | 0.008 | -0.012 |
1976 | 0.182 | 0.502 | 0.132 | 0.114 | 0.077 | 0.003 |
1977 | -0.131 | 0.174 | -0.047 | -0.070 | -0.050 | -0.016 |
1978 | -0.023 | 0.132 | -0.083 | -0.094 | -0.051 | -0.017 |
1979 | 0.045 | 0.266 | -0.154 | -0.129 | -0.081 | -0.026 |
1980 | 0.178 | 0.244 | -0.135 | -0.145 | -0.076 | -0.01 |
1981 | -0.127 | 0.045 | -0.093 | -0.065 | 0.005 | 0.053 |
1982 | 0.169 | 0.232 | 0.372 | 0.352 | 0.244 | 0.064 |
1983 | 0.180 | 0.346 | 0.024 | -0.031 | 0.035 | 0.049 |
1984 | 0.022 | -0.102 | 0.124 | 0.111 | 0.097 | 0.056 |
1985 | 0.274 | 0.201 | 0.254 | 0.262 | 0.159 | 0.039 |
1986 | 0.171 | 0.057 | 0.185 | 0.231 | 0.138 | 0.05 |
1987 | 0.008 | -0.131 | -0.045 | -0.068 | -0.014 | 0.01 |
1988 | 0.119 | 0.177 | 0.060 | 0.051 | 0.016 | 0.018 |
1989 | 0.257 | 0.053 | 0.111 | 0.128 | 0.083 | 0.035 |
1990 | -0.087 | -0.261 | 0.007 | 0.001 | 0.034 | 0.016 |
1991 | 0.267 | 0.403 | 0.163 | 0.157 | 0.120 | 0.024 |
1992 | 0.046 | 0.199 | 0.063 | 0.050 | 0.042 | 0.006 |
1993 | 0.070 | 0.177 | 0.102 | 0.151 | 0.083 | 0.001 |
1994 | -0.013 | 0.004 | -0.082 | -0.102 | -0.076 | 0.012 |
1995 | 0.340 | 0.311 | 0.241 | 0.284 | 0.139 | 0.030 |
1996 | 0.191 | 0.138 | -0.019 | -0.041 | -0.012 | 0.018 |
1997 | 0.311 | 0.207 | 0.111 | 0.139 | 0.066 | 0.035 |
1998 | 0.265 | -0.088 | 0.090 | 0.113 | 0.085 | 0.032 |
1999 | 0.179 | 0.264 | -0.099 | -0.113 | -0.043 | 0.020 |
Last Updated on 10/23/02
By Thayer Watkins