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What was the worst day in the S&P 500 history? ›

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October 19, 1987: S&P 500 registers its largest daily percentage loss, falling 20.47 percent. The one-day crash, known as "Black Monday," was blamed on program trading and those using a hedging strategy known as portfolio insurance.

SPX Volume is at a current level of 2.546M, N/A from the previous market day and down from 2.877M one year ago. This is a change of N/A from the previous market day and -11.52% from one year ago.

The Russell Top 500 Index is a subset of the Russell 3000® Index. It includes approximately 500 of the largest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership and represents approximately 85% of the Russell 3000® Index, as of the most recent reconstitution.

The lowest annual return over any 30 year period going back to 1926 was 7.8%. That's what you got had you invested at the peak of the Roaring 20s boom in September 1929. You would have lost more than 80% of your investment in the ensuing crash and still made more than 850% in total over 30 years.

How does SPY usually behave after a large single-day down move in the stock price? Using the 12 largest single-day down moves over the last 3 years in SPY stock, the average move was -3.4% with the single largest daily move of -4.3% occurring on 13-Sep-2022.

There are some who believe that certain days offer systematically better returns than others, but over the long run, there is very little evidence for such a market-wide effect. Still, people believe that the first day of the workweek is best. It's called the Monday effect or the weekend effect.

Stock Market Average Yearly Return for the Last 20 Years

The historical average yearly return of the S&P 500 is 9.88% over the last 20 years, as of the end of April 2024. This assumes dividends are reinvested.

What is the average return of the S&P 500 last 30 years? ›

Looking at the S&P 500 for the years 1993 to mid-2023, the average stock market return for the last 30 years is 9.90% (7.22% when adjusted for inflation). Some of this success can be attributed to the dot-com boom in the late 1990s (before the bust), which resulted in high return rates for five consecutive years.

The S&P 500 and Russell 1000 are both large-cap stock indices. The S&P 500 includes only large-cap stocks, while the Russell 1000 contains some companies in the mid-cap range. Although the differences are minor, the Russell 1000 is perceived by investors as being more volatile than the S&P 500.

What is the difference between the Russell 3000 Index and S&P 500? The principal difference between the Russell 3000 and the S&P 500 is that the S&P 500 leans toward larger cap U.S. stocks. The S&P 500 also uses a smaller sample of 500 companies, compared to 3000 in the Russell 3000.

Annual returns

So far in 2024 (YTD), the Russell 1000 Growth index has returned an average 9.99%.

The largest single-day percentage declines for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average both occurred on Oct. 19, 1987 with the S&P 500 falling by 20.5 percent and the Dow falling by 22.6 percent. Two of the four largest percentage declines for the Dow occurred on consecutive days — Oct. 28 and 29 in 1929.

Some sources (including the file Highlights/Lowlights of The Dow on the Dow Jones website) show a loss of −24.39% (from 71.42 to 54.00) on December 12, 1914, placing that day atop the list of largest percentage losses.

Oct. 19, 1987, also known as Black Monday, marked the largest one-day stock market decline in history.