How has the S&P 500 performed each calendar year?

Each line starts at 0% on the year's first available price and tracks the S&P 500's return through December 31 of that year, so years of very different starting levels overlay cleanly and seasonal patterns are easy to compare. The current year is plotted only up to the latest available price — no projected or synthetic data.

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The S&P 500's yearly ROI comparison is visible to signed-in users.

Methodology & limitations

Each year is rebased to 0% at its first available price, not a fixed calendar price target.
Covers 2010 through the current year, using the ^GSPC (S&P 500 index) price history behind the stocks risk model.
Prices are weekly closes, not daily — the same resolution used across the risk model and DCA calculator. A year's line has ~52 points, not one per trading day.
Past years are not a guarantee of how the current or future years will perform.

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