Effect of Inflation on S&P Price Return (1871-2010)

by Catherine Mulbrandon

in Bubbles, History of the United States, VE Infographics

I modified my original US stock prices graph to compare the growth rate of real growth (adjusted for inflation) in S&P Composite  Index with the nominal price growth.

Annualized growth rate of since 1871:
Nominal stock price return= 4.0%
 Real stock price return = 1.9%

You can find data at IrrationalExuberance.com

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Tagged as: Financial markets, Line Graph, S&P 500, United States

  • http://twitter.com/ritholtz barry ritholtz

    Thanks Catherine — excellent informative chart !

  • H Davis

    Great graph! A replot of the post Great Depression period would be of greater contemporary interest to many.

  • http://www.rahuldeodhar.com Rahul Deodhar

    Excellent chart

  • Greta
  • Brad Lindenbaum

    Great charts. Can you chart the real and nominal total returns too?

  • Brad Lindenbaum

    Catherine,
    Thanks for revising the US stock performance chart to compare nominal and real returns.  Can you create the same chart with nominal and real total returns (i.e., including dividends)?
    Brad

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