while negative months yield only about 3%. S&P opened the index at 5,882 at the beginning of 2025. And if historical averages hold, the S&P 500 is on pace to end the year roughly 6,823 ...

Therefore, I expect that returns over the next 5 years will be better than implied by a simple reversion to the historical mean in the chart above. Personally, I expect the S&P 500 to return about ...

Earlier this month I devoted a column to several of these ... In those years in which the S&P 500's SPX January low was above its prior December low, the market from February through December ...

With that in mind, if you were to invest $1,000 per month ($ ... Vanguard S&P 500 ETF. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. S&P 500 Index Funds Yield Just 1.2%. Here Are 3 Better Ways to ...

These numbers are supported by research from JPMorgan, which compared the forward P/E ratio of the S&P 500 ... chart below looks a bit "off." Data by YCharts Looking ahead, analysts expect $3. ...

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Over the past three decades, years with positive January performance have delivered an average return of 16%, while negative months yield only about 3%. S&P opened the index at 5,882 at the beginning ...

At close: February 10 at 4:15:01 PM EST ...

The S&P 500 ended down on Wednesday after a hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation reading added to worries that the Federal ...

The Fund seeks to track the return of the S&P 500 Index (the "Index") before the deduction of charges ... is not a reliable indicator of future returns. The Growth of 1,000 chart shows growth of the ...

The index on Friday traded above its Jan. 23 record close of 6,118.23 before ending the day with a small loss. The S&P 500 logged a weekly gain of 1.5%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA ...