Past results do not guarantee future performance - but what better way to inform your predictions than looking at what came before? This calculator will let you enter a return and it will tell you how many times in the data set each period beat that return. Enjoy!
Enter a percentage value for the calculator to determine how many periods have beat that return.
Do you want to find the times the S&P 500 beat your return before or after inflation?
Here are the percentages of times the S&P outperformed that return over the indicated time period.
The number of times the S&P 500 returned more than the number entered over 40 year periods.
The number of times the S&P 500 returned more than the number entered over 20 year periods.
The number of times the S&P 500 returned more than the number entered over 10 year periods.
The number of times the S&P 500 returned more than the number entered over 5 year periods.
The number of times the S&P 500 returned more than the number entered over 1 year periods.
Are the numbers above adjusted for inflation?