Politics

Spiritual Convictions Shape the Path to the 2026 Midterms

As the United States edges closer to the 2026 midterm elections, the intersection of personal belief and public policy is becoming impossible to ignore. In a recent conversation with WCCO’s Adam Duxter, Dan Hofrenning, a political science professor at St. Olaf College, highlighted how deeply ingrained faith continues to drive voter behavior and candidate platforms […]

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110 Years of market data on record
10.4% Average annual return, all decades
41,593× What $1 became over the full span
8 Major downturns survived since 1926
Business

AI Ambitions Clash With Bottom Line As Amazon Stumbles

Amazon found itself caught in a broader tech industry slide on Thursday, seeing its shares plunge as much as 9 percent in after-hours trading following a disappointing third-quarter report. While the retail and cloud behemoth saw total revenue climb 12 percent to nearly 202 billion dollars, those figures still failed to meet the hopes of […]

Stock

Energy Giants Surge as Investors Abandon Big Tech Retreat

The financial landscape is shifting rapidly as investors pull back from big tech, sparking a significant rotation into energy and healthcare sectors. This migration comes amid a bruising period for technology giants, highlighted by Alphabet experiencing its steepest single day decline in history. With futures falling and earnings disappointments hitting companies like Amazon and Intel, […]

Sport

Dream Alive as Atlanta Pushes Championship Series to the Brink

The atmosphere inside State Farm Arena was electric on Thursday night as the Atlanta Dream fought for their survival in the WNBA Finals. Facing an elimination game with their season on the line, the Dream showed remarkable composure under pressure, refusing to let their championship hopes slip away. They controlled the tempo from the opening […]

A century, one decade at a time

Average annual return of the S&P 500 in each decade since 1920. Two of the eleven lost money. The other nine paid for them.

+18.0%
1920s
Roaring Twenties bull market
-0.9%
1930s
Great Depression
+9.0%
1940s
WWII and postwar boom
+19.4%
1950s
Post-war expansion and consumer boom
+7.8%
1960s
Space Race, Vietnam War spending
+5.9%
1970s
Oil crisis and stagflation
+17.3%
1980s
Reaganomics and market deregulation
+18.1%
1990s
Dot-com and technology boom
-0.9%
2000s
Dot-com bust and financial crisis
+13.5%
2010s
Longest bull market in history
+7.0%
2020s
Pandemic shock and AI-driven rebound
Best decade 1950s +19.4% Post-war expansion and consumer boom
Worst decade 1930s -0.9% Great Depression
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Decade averages, price return excluding dividends. Past performance does not guarantee future results.