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25th anniversary of the August 2000 S&P 500 high

Let's check in on real return from stocks since and before the August 2000 high to see what a real bull market looks like

The S&P 500 had five record closes in a row this week, and fourteen so far this year, for what it's worth

SPX since August 2000 continues to underperform the pre-Reagan era by almost 20% in real terms, the Reagan bull market era by almost 68%

Secular real return from stocks since investing at the August 2000 high compared with investing at the September 1929 high, twenty-four years out

Despite record highs in stocks in 2024, real return since the last secular peak in August 2000 still significantly lags previous periods of peak-to-peak returns

Real return from stocks was better under Trump I than under Biden

Your reminder that average real return from stonks sux

Real return from stocks since the August 2000 top after 24 years now underperforms the pre-2000 eras by ONLY 33.7% per annum, nominal by 21.3%, yippee! What a great country!

It's been 23 years of not a bull market

Real return since August 2000 has been Great Depression-like

The investing world's experts, let alone all the sheeple who follow them, don't have a CLUE how bad this market has been since August 2000

How low could the S&P 500 possibly fall from the Monday, Jan 3, 2022 closing high of 4,796.56?

The biggest investing lie of our times: "A host of factors ... has made U.S. equities an attractive place to park money and earn nice returns"

Things to remember from the week that was, Sep 19-26, 2020, and none of it is about COVID-19

The 20th anniversary of the end of the Reagan bull in August 2000 shows stock market return hasn't been just sub-bull, it's been sub-normal

Stonks continue to SUCK since August 2000: July 2020 edition

Meanwhile the secular bear market in stocks since August 2000 rolls on in April 2020

The current secular bear market in stocks matched the length of the Reagan secular bull in September 2018

Stock market boom? What stock market boom? It's been a bear market for return since August 2000 . . .