If you invested $100 in the S&P 500 at the beginning of 1952, you would have about $129,780.17 at the beginning of 2021, assuming you reinvested all dividends. This is a return on investment of 129,680.17%, or 10.95% per year.
This investment result beats inflation during this period for an inflation-adjusted return of about 13,047.60% cumulatively, or 7.33% per year.
The graph below shows the performance of $100 over time if invested in an S&P 500 index fund. The returns assume that all dividends are automatically reinvested.
This chart shows the rate of gains and loss by month, including dividends:
The nominal return on investment of $100 is $129,680.17, or 129,680.17%. This means by 2021 you would have $129,780.17 in your pocket.
However, it's important to take into account the effect of inflation when considering an investment and especially a long-term investment. You can convert S&P returns to their real (inflation-adjusted) value using an inflation calculation based on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index (CPI).
In the case of the returns described above, the CPI in 1952 was 26.500 and the CPI in 2021 was 261.582.
The ratio between these CPIs describes how relative buying power of a dollar has changed over 69 years.
Adjusted for inflation, the $129,780.17 nominal end value of the original $100 investment would have a real value of roughly $13,047.60 in 1952 dollars. This means the inflation-adjusted return is 13,047.60% as opposed to the original 129,680.17%.
For more information on inflation, see our U.S. inflation calculator for 1952.
The table below shows the full dataset pertaining to a $100 investment, including gains and losses over the 828-month period between 1952 and 2021.
Note that data shown is the monthly average closing price. Returns include dividends.
Year | Month | Return (%) | Amount ($) |
---|---|---|---|
1952 | 1 | -1.33% | 98.67 |
1952 | 2 | 0.75% | 99.41 |
1952 | 3 | 0.20% | 99.61 |
1952 | 4 | 0.46% | 100.07 |
1952 | 5 | 3.24% | 103.31 |
1952 | 6 | 3.37% | 106.79 |
1952 | 7 | 0.88% | 107.73 |
1952 | 8 | -1.11% | 106.54 |
1952 | 9 | -1.61% | 104.82 |
1952 | 10 | 3.67% | 108.67 |
1952 | 11 | 4.51% | 113.57 |
1952 | 12 | 0.99% | 114.69 |
1953 | 1 | -0.77% | 113.80 |
1953 | 2 | 0.96% | 114.89 |
1953 | 3 | -4.47% | 109.75 |
1953 | 4 | 1.00% | 110.85 |
1953 | 5 | -3.11% | 107.41 |
1953 | 6 | 1.91% | 109.46 |
1953 | 7 | 0.90% | 110.45 |
1953 | 8 | -4.11% | 105.91 |
1953 | 9 | 3.52% | 109.64 |
1953 | 10 | 2.71% | 112.61 |
1953 | 11 | 1.84% | 114.67 |
1953 | 12 | 3.02% | 118.14 |
1954 | 1 | 2.68% | 121.30 |
1954 | 2 | 2.58% | 124.44 |
1954 | 3 | 4.45% | 129.97 |
1954 | 4 | 4.42% | 135.72 |
1954 | 5 | 1.22% | 137.38 |
1954 | 6 | 4.46% | 143.51 |
1954 | 7 | 2.39% | 146.94 |
1954 | 8 | 2.74% | 150.97 |
1954 | 9 | 2.71% | 155.06 |
1954 | 10 | 4.30% | 161.73 |
1954 | 11 | 4.95% | 169.74 |
1954 | 12 | 2.17% | 173.42 |
1955 | 1 | 3.70% | 179.85 |
1955 | 2 | -0.44% | 179.06 |
1955 | 3 | 3.81% | 185.88 |
1955 | 4 | -0.08% | 185.74 |
1955 | 5 | 6.15% | 197.15 |
1955 | 6 | 7.64% | 212.22 |
1955 | 7 | -0.30% | 211.58 |
1955 | 8 | 4.82% | 221.78 |
1955 | 9 | -4.72% | 211.30 |
1955 | 10 | 7.07% | 226.23 |
1955 | 11 | 1.24% | 229.03 |
1955 | 12 | -2.39% | 223.56 |
1956 | 1 | 0.95% | 225.68 |
1956 | 2 | 7.21% | 241.94 |
1956 | 3 | 1.48% | 245.53 |
1956 | 4 | -2.84% | 238.56 |
1956 | 5 | -0.26% | 237.94 |
1956 | 6 | 5.75% | 251.61 |
1956 | 7 | -0.28% | 250.90 |
1956 | 8 | -3.09% | 243.15 |
1956 | 9 | -0.95% | 240.83 |
1956 | 10 | -0.71% | 239.11 |
1956 | 11 | 1.81% | 243.44 |
1956 | 12 | -1.86% | 238.90 |
1957 | 1 | -4.00% | 229.36 |
1957 | 2 | 1.62% | 233.08 |
1957 | 3 | 2.64% | 239.24 |
1957 | 4 | 4.16% | 249.19 |
1957 | 5 | 1.95% | 254.06 |
1957 | 6 | 2.32% | 259.96 |
1957 | 7 | -5.21% | 246.43 |
1957 | 8 | -3.74% | 237.21 |
1957 | 9 | -5.90% | 223.23 |
1957 | 10 | -1.80% | 219.21 |
1957 | 11 | 0.32% | 219.90 |
1957 | 12 | 2.33% | 225.03 |
1958 | 1 | 0.70% | 226.60 |
1958 | 2 | 2.42% | 232.09 |
1958 | 3 | 0.90% | 234.17 |
1958 | 4 | 3.56% | 242.50 |
1958 | 5 | 2.74% | 249.13 |
1958 | 6 | 3.07% | 256.78 |
1958 | 7 | 4.05% | 267.19 |
1958 | 8 | 2.94% | 275.06 |
1958 | 9 | 4.36% | 287.05 |
1958 | 10 | 3.33% | 296.59 |
1958 | 11 | 2.16% | 303.01 |
1958 | 12 | 4.25% | 315.90 |
1959 | 1 | -1.27% | 311.90 |
1959 | 2 | 2.81% | 320.66 |
1959 | 3 | 1.94% | 326.87 |
1959 | 4 | 1.77% | 332.64 |
1959 | 5 | -0.61% | 330.62 |
1959 | 6 | 4.23% | 344.60 |
1959 | 7 | -0.32% | 343.50 |
1959 | 8 | -3.70% | 330.78 |
1959 | 9 | 0.18% | 331.36 |
1959 | 10 | 0.67% | 333.58 |
1959 | 11 | 3.46% | 345.13 |
1959 | 12 | -1.49% | 340.00 |
1960 | 1 | -3.61% | 327.73 |
1960 | 2 | -1.08% | 324.20 |
1960 | 3 | 1.58% | 329.34 |
1960 | 4 | -0.62% | 327.28 |
1960 | 5 | 3.99% | 340.33 |
1960 | 6 | -2.20% | 332.86 |
1960 | 7 | 1.49% | 337.82 |
1960 | 8 | -2.72% | 328.63 |
1960 | 9 | -1.67% | 323.13 |
1960 | 10 | 3.54% | 334.57 |
1960 | 11 | 2.69% | 343.57 |
1960 | 12 | 5.43% | 362.22 |
1961 | 1 | 4.37% | 378.06 |
1961 | 2 | 3.40% | 390.90 |
1961 | 3 | 2.92% | 402.31 |
1961 | 4 | 1.26% | 407.40 |
1961 | 5 | -1.08% | 403.00 |
1961 | 6 | -0.03% | 402.88 |
1961 | 7 | 3.84% | 418.35 |
1961 | 8 | -0.54% | 416.08 |
1961 | 9 | 1.34% | 421.67 |
1961 | 10 | 4.77% | 441.79 |
1961 | 11 | 1.16% | 446.93 |
1961 | 12 | -3.49% | 431.35 |
1962 | 1 | 1.91% | 439.58 |
1962 | 2 | 0.34% | 441.08 |
1962 | 3 | -2.94% | 428.09 |
1962 | 4 | -7.19% | 397.33 |
1962 | 5 | -11.41% | 351.99 |
1962 | 6 | 2.72% | 361.55 |
1962 | 7 | 3.02% | 372.48 |
1962 | 8 | -0.59% | 370.27 |
1962 | 9 | -2.86% | 359.70 |
1962 | 10 | 7.20% | 385.60 |
1962 | 11 | 4.62% | 403.43 |
1962 | 12 | 4.15% | 420.15 |
1963 | 1 | 1.60% | 426.86 |
1963 | 2 | -0.11% | 426.40 |
1963 | 3 | 4.98% | 447.62 |
1963 | 4 | 2.27% | 457.78 |
1963 | 5 | 0.22% | 458.77 |
1963 | 6 | -1.22% | 453.17 |
1963 | 7 | 3.03% | 466.90 |
1963 | 8 | 2.89% | 480.41 |
1963 | 9 | 0.50% | 482.82 |
1963 | 10 | -0.31% | 481.34 |
1963 | 11 | 2.39% | 492.86 |
1963 | 12 | 3.33% | 509.27 |
1964 | 1 | 1.48% | 516.81 |
1964 | 2 | 2.07% | 527.51 |
1964 | 3 | 1.69% | 536.44 |
1964 | 4 | 1.22% | 542.99 |
1964 | 5 | -0.35% | 541.08 |
1964 | 6 | 3.96% | 562.51 |
1964 | 7 | -1.23% | 555.62 |
1964 | 8 | 1.97% | 566.54 |
1964 | 9 | 1.97% | 577.70 |
1964 | 10 | 0.94% | 583.12 |
1964 | 11 | -1.49% | 574.43 |
1964 | 12 | 2.82% | 590.63 |
1965 | 1 | 0.98% | 596.39 |
1965 | 2 | 0.34% | 598.39 |
1965 | 3 | 1.56% | 607.71 |
1965 | 4 | 1.73% | 618.24 |
1965 | 5 | -4.51% | 590.37 |
1965 | 6 | 0.10% | 590.98 |
1965 | 7 | 2.12% | 603.50 |
1965 | 8 | 3.60% | 625.20 |
1965 | 9 | 2.50% | 640.81 |
1965 | 10 | 1.08% | 647.71 |
1965 | 11 | -0.21% | 646.34 |
1965 | 12 | 1.98% | 659.14 |
1966 | 1 | -0.43% | 656.30 |
1966 | 2 | -3.86% | 630.95 |
1966 | 3 | 3.32% | 651.91 |
1966 | 4 | -5.01% | 619.26 |
1966 | 5 | -0.56% | 615.80 |
1966 | 6 | 0.02% | 615.91 |
1966 | 7 | -5.77% | 580.37 |
1966 | 8 | -3.22% | 561.66 |
1966 | 9 | -0.56% | 558.49 |
1966 | 10 | 5.32% | 588.18 |
1966 | 11 | 0.72% | 592.39 |
1966 | 12 | 4.13% | 616.86 |
1967 | 1 | 3.73% | 639.86 |
1967 | 2 | 2.63% | 656.72 |
1967 | 3 | 1.99% | 669.80 |
1967 | 4 | 2.06% | 683.58 |
1967 | 5 | -0.99% | 676.80 |
1967 | 6 | 1.99% | 690.29 |
1967 | 7 | 1.85% | 703.07 |
1967 | 8 | 1.65% | 714.70 |
1967 | 9 | 0.10% | 715.40 |
1967 | 10 | -2.88% | 694.78 |
1967 | 11 | 3.11% | 716.40 |
1967 | 12 | -0.02% | 716.27 |
1968 | 1 | -4.26% | 685.78 |
1968 | 2 | -1.56% | 675.09 |
1968 | 3 | 7.66% | 726.81 |
1968 | 4 | 2.56% | 745.40 |
1968 | 5 | 2.94% | 767.32 |
1968 | 6 | 0.05% | 767.70 |
1968 | 7 | -1.93% | 752.85 |
1968 | 8 | 3.51% | 779.26 |
1968 | 9 | 2.72% | 800.43 |
1968 | 10 | 1.79% | 814.73 |
1968 | 11 | 1.29% | 825.20 |
1968 | 12 | -3.99% | 792.31 |
1969 | 1 | -0.24% | 790.42 |
1969 | 2 | -1.91% | 775.30 |
1969 | 3 | 2.27% | 792.93 |
1969 | 4 | 3.51% | 820.79 |
1969 | 5 | -4.97% | 779.98 |
1969 | 6 | -4.21% | 747.18 |
1969 | 7 | -0.28% | 745.06 |
1969 | 8 | 0.63% | 749.75 |
1969 | 9 | 1.35% | 759.84 |
1969 | 10 | 1.00% | 767.42 |
1969 | 11 | -5.03% | 728.84 |
1969 | 12 | -0.59% | 724.55 |
1970 | 1 | -3.20% | 701.39 |
1970 | 2 | 2.01% | 715.50 |
1970 | 3 | -2.75% | 695.84 |
1970 | 4 | -11.20% | 617.91 |
1970 | 5 | -0.27% | 616.25 |
1970 | 6 | 0.52% | 619.47 |
1970 | 7 | 3.26% | 639.64 |
1970 | 8 | 6.32% | 680.07 |
1970 | 9 | 2.49% | 697.00 |
1970 | 10 | 0.21% | 698.44 |
1970 | 11 | 7.16% | 748.44 |
1970 | 12 | 4.11% | 779.20 |
1971 | 1 | 4.15% | 811.55 |
1971 | 2 | 2.83% | 834.53 |
1971 | 3 | 3.67% | 865.19 |
1971 | 4 | -1.11% | 855.60 |
1971 | 5 | -1.60% | 841.95 |
1971 | 6 | -0.46% | 838.05 |
1971 | 7 | -1.52% | 825.34 |
1971 | 8 | 2.49% | 845.86 |
1971 | 9 | -1.86% | 830.09 |
1971 | 10 | -4.37% | 793.81 |
1971 | 11 | 7.16% | 850.67 |
1971 | 12 | 4.42% | 888.29 |
1972 | 1 | 2.09% | 906.83 |
1972 | 2 | 2.62% | 930.59 |
1972 | 3 | 1.26% | 942.30 |
1972 | 4 | -0.78% | 934.99 |
1972 | 5 | 0.52% | 939.82 |
1972 | 6 | -0.50% | 935.08 |
1972 | 7 | 3.78% | 970.46 |
1972 | 8 | -1.21% | 958.72 |
1972 | 9 | 0.42% | 962.72 |
1972 | 10 | 5.25% | 1,013.30 |
1972 | 11 | 2.31% | 1,036.72 |
1972 | 12 | 0.99% | 1,046.98 |
1973 | 1 | -3.33% | 1,012.17 |
1973 | 2 | -1.35% | 998.55 |
1973 | 3 | -1.63% | 982.24 |
1973 | 4 | -2.57% | 957.00 |
1973 | 5 | -1.99% | 937.96 |
1973 | 6 | 1.21% | 949.31 |
1973 | 7 | -1.64% | 933.78 |
1973 | 8 | 2.00% | 952.41 |
1973 | 9 | 4.24% | 992.75 |
1973 | 10 | -6.85% | 924.72 |
1973 | 11 | -6.81% | 861.79 |
1973 | 12 | 1.70% | 876.44 |
1974 | 1 | -2.47% | 854.77 |
1974 | 2 | 4.57% | 893.87 |
1974 | 3 | -4.82% | 850.82 |
1974 | 4 | -2.71% | 827.80 |
1974 | 5 | 0.46% | 831.58 |
1974 | 6 | -11.35% | 737.23 |
1974 | 7 | -3.76% | 709.47 |
1974 | 8 | -10.01% | 638.43 |
1974 | 9 | 2.38% | 653.60 |
1974 | 10 | 3.74% | 678.07 |
1974 | 11 | -6.09% | 636.76 |
1974 | 12 | 8.63% | 691.73 |
1975 | 1 | 10.81% | 766.49 |
1975 | 2 | 4.97% | 804.61 |
1975 | 3 | 1.49% | 816.58 |
1975 | 4 | 6.71% | 871.39 |
1975 | 5 | 2.89% | 896.62 |
1975 | 6 | 0.43% | 900.49 |
1975 | 7 | -7.00% | 837.49 |
1975 | 8 | -0.85% | 830.35 |
1975 | 9 | 4.97% | 871.63 |
1975 | 10 | 2.04% | 889.42 |
1975 | 11 | -1.18% | 878.93 |
1975 | 12 | 9.55% | 962.83 |
1976 | 1 | 4.18% | 1,003.06 |
1976 | 2 | 0.80% | 1,011.10 |
1976 | 3 | 1.10% | 1,022.18 |
1976 | 4 | -0.38% | 1,018.26 |
1976 | 5 | 0.90% | 1,027.43 |
1976 | 6 | 2.67% | 1,054.82 |
1976 | 7 | -0.56% | 1,048.90 |
1976 | 8 | 2.44% | 1,074.48 |
1976 | 9 | -3.11% | 1,041.08 |
1976 | 10 | -0.37% | 1,037.26 |
1976 | 11 | 3.79% | 1,076.54 |
1976 | 12 | -0.54% | 1,070.75 |
1977 | 1 | -2.37% | 1,045.39 |
1977 | 2 | -0.05% | 1,044.83 |
1977 | 3 | -1.19% | 1,032.35 |
1977 | 4 | 0.06% | 1,033.02 |
1977 | 5 | 0.90% | 1,042.31 |
1977 | 6 | 1.28% | 1,055.68 |
1977 | 7 | -2.08% | 1,033.74 |
1977 | 8 | -1.18% | 1,021.59 |
1977 | 9 | -2.20% | 999.14 |
1977 | 10 | 0.98% | 1,008.94 |
1977 | 11 | -0.08% | 1,008.13 |
1977 | 12 | -3.39% | 973.95 |
1978 | 1 | -0.97% | 964.48 |
1978 | 2 | 0.27% | 967.05 |
1978 | 3 | 4.83% | 1,013.75 |
1978 | 4 | 5.50% | 1,069.55 |
1978 | 5 | 0.67% | 1,076.76 |
1978 | 6 | -0.06% | 1,076.09 |
1978 | 7 | 7.33% | 1,154.94 |
1978 | 8 | 0.40% | 1,159.56 |
1978 | 9 | -2.77% | 1,127.40 |
1978 | 10 | -5.44% | 1,066.10 |
1978 | 11 | 1.92% | 1,086.60 |
1978 | 12 | 4.19% | 1,132.07 |
1979 | 1 | -1.06% | 1,120.11 |
1979 | 2 | 2.34% | 1,146.33 |
1979 | 3 | 2.43% | 1,174.20 |
1979 | 4 | -1.89% | 1,151.97 |
1979 | 5 | 2.42% | 1,179.82 |
1979 | 6 | 1.42% | 1,196.58 |
1979 | 7 | 5.01% | 1,256.58 |
1979 | 8 | 1.54% | 1,275.94 |
1979 | 9 | -3.35% | 1,233.16 |
1979 | 10 | -0.32% | 1,229.19 |
1979 | 11 | 4.40% | 1,283.32 |
1979 | 12 | 3.31% | 1,325.83 |
1980 | 1 | 4.40% | 1,384.11 |
1980 | 2 | -8.78% | 1,262.62 |
1980 | 3 | -1.16% | 1,247.95 |
1980 | 4 | 5.04% | 1,310.79 |
1980 | 5 | 6.86% | 1,400.75 |
1980 | 6 | 4.97% | 1,470.36 |
1980 | 7 | 3.50% | 1,521.89 |
1980 | 8 | 2.84% | 1,565.05 |
1980 | 9 | 3.32% | 1,617.08 |
1980 | 10 | 4.61% | 1,691.71 |
1980 | 11 | -1.24% | 1,670.65 |
1980 | 12 | 0.01% | 1,670.82 |
1981 | 1 | -3.07% | 1,619.52 |
1981 | 2 | 4.14% | 1,686.62 |
1981 | 3 | 1.29% | 1,708.44 |
1981 | 4 | -1.62% | 1,680.81 |
1981 | 5 | 0.86% | 1,695.23 |
1981 | 6 | -2.02% | 1,661.05 |
1981 | 7 | 0.80% | 1,674.38 |
1981 | 8 | -8.30% | 1,535.36 |
1981 | 9 | 1.73% | 1,561.88 |
1981 | 10 | 3.04% | 1,609.42 |
1981 | 11 | 1.18% | 1,628.40 |
1981 | 12 | -4.80% | 1,550.17 |
1982 | 1 | -1.91% | 1,520.50 |
1982 | 2 | -2.74% | 1,478.77 |
1982 | 3 | 5.47% | 1,559.65 |
1982 | 4 | 0.57% | 1,568.53 |
1982 | 5 | -5.27% | 1,485.86 |
1982 | 6 | 0.24% | 1,489.48 |
1982 | 7 | 0.79% | 1,501.31 |
1982 | 8 | 12.10% | 1,682.91 |
1982 | 9 | 8.88% | 1,832.38 |
1982 | 10 | 4.50% | 1,914.84 |
1982 | 11 | 1.36% | 1,940.79 |
1982 | 12 | 3.93% | 2,016.98 |
1983 | 1 | 2.13% | 2,059.94 |
1983 | 2 | 3.87% | 2,139.57 |
1983 | 3 | 4.20% | 2,229.38 |
1983 | 4 | 4.42% | 2,328.01 |
1983 | 5 | 1.75% | 2,368.83 |
1983 | 6 | 0.71% | 2,385.60 |
1983 | 7 | -2.41% | 2,328.18 |
1983 | 8 | 3.31% | 2,405.33 |
1983 | 9 | 0.65% | 2,420.92 |
1983 | 10 | -1.14% | 2,393.28 |
1983 | 11 | -0.13% | 2,390.22 |
1983 | 12 | 1.58% | 2,427.88 |
1984 | 1 | -5.11% | 2,303.77 |
1984 | 2 | 0.44% | 2,313.96 |
1984 | 3 | 0.51% | 2,325.69 |
1984 | 4 | -0.25% | 2,319.82 |
1984 | 5 | -1.85% | 2,276.94 |
1984 | 6 | -0.91% | 2,256.26 |
1984 | 7 | 9.21% | 2,463.98 |
1984 | 8 | 1.41% | 2,498.65 |
1984 | 9 | -0.41% | 2,488.34 |
1984 | 10 | 1.29% | 2,520.34 |
1984 | 11 | -0.71% | 2,502.51 |
1984 | 12 | 4.70% | 2,620.07 |
1985 | 1 | 5.79% | 2,771.70 |
1985 | 2 | -0.48% | 2,758.44 |
1985 | 3 | 1.02% | 2,786.71 |
1985 | 4 | 2.74% | 2,862.94 |
1985 | 5 | 2.51% | 2,934.83 |
1985 | 6 | 2.25% | 3,000.78 |
1985 | 7 | -1.85% | 2,945.41 |
1985 | 8 | -1.88% | 2,889.89 |
1985 | 9 | 1.50% | 2,933.11 |
1985 | 10 | 6.42% | 3,121.43 |
1985 | 11 | 5.29% | 3,286.69 |
1985 | 12 | 0.75% | 3,311.40 |
1986 | 1 | 5.70% | 3,500.06 |
1986 | 2 | 6.18% | 3,716.46 |
1986 | 3 | 2.74% | 3,818.34 |
1986 | 4 | 0.49% | 3,837.12 |
1986 | 5 | 3.13% | 3,957.35 |
1986 | 6 | -1.80% | 3,885.96 |
1986 | 7 | 2.28% | 3,974.59 |
1986 | 8 | -2.46% | 3,876.97 |
1986 | 9 | -0.09% | 3,873.48 |
1986 | 10 | 3.53% | 4,010.33 |
1986 | 11 | 1.71% | 4,078.87 |
1986 | 12 | 6.67% | 4,351.06 |
1987 | 1 | 6.46% | 4,632.22 |
1987 | 2 | 4.38% | 4,834.95 |
1987 | 3 | -0.86% | 4,793.54 |
1987 | 4 | 0.17% | 4,801.83 |
1987 | 5 | 4.50% | 5,017.83 |
1987 | 6 | 3.12% | 5,174.50 |
1987 | 7 | 6.45% | 5,508.46 |
1987 | 8 | -3.03% | 5,341.53 |
1987 | 9 | -11.85% | 4,708.35 |
1987 | 10 | -12.30% | 4,129.06 |
1987 | 11 | -1.33% | 4,073.95 |
1987 | 12 | 4.25% | 4,246.95 |
1988 | 1 | 3.33% | 4,388.32 |
1988 | 2 | 3.23% | 4,530.15 |
1988 | 3 | -0.89% | 4,490.01 |
1988 | 4 | -2.19% | 4,391.76 |
1988 | 5 | 6.00% | 4,655.18 |
1988 | 6 | -0.31% | 4,640.90 |
1988 | 7 | -1.72% | 4,561.14 |
1988 | 8 | 1.93% | 4,649.04 |
1988 | 9 | 3.80% | 4,825.78 |
1988 | 10 | -2.02% | 4,728.29 |
1988 | 11 | 2.33% | 4,838.27 |
1988 | 12 | 3.51% | 5,008.22 |
1989 | 1 | 3.30% | 5,173.48 |
1989 | 2 | -0.16% | 5,165.12 |
1989 | 3 | 3.56% | 5,349.25 |
1989 | 4 | 4.12% | 5,569.38 |
1989 | 5 | 3.39% | 5,758.33 |
1989 | 6 | 2.80% | 5,919.58 |
1989 | 7 | 4.69% | 6,197.25 |
1989 | 8 | 0.46% | 6,225.48 |
1989 | 9 | 0.29% | 6,243.30 |
1989 | 10 | -1.81% | 6,130.07 |
1989 | 11 | 2.74% | 6,297.84 |
1989 | 12 | -2.21% | 6,158.58 |
1990 | 1 | -2.53% | 6,002.94 |
1990 | 2 | 2.71% | 6,165.45 |
1990 | 3 | 0.20% | 6,177.53 |
1990 | 4 | 3.85% | 6,415.42 |
1990 | 5 | 3.17% | 6,618.79 |
1990 | 6 | 0.17% | 6,630.02 |
1990 | 7 | -7.86% | 6,108.82 |
1990 | 8 | -4.34% | 5,843.64 |
1990 | 9 | -2.32% | 5,708.31 |
1990 | 10 | 2.98% | 5,878.64 |
1990 | 11 | 4.59% | 6,148.27 |
1990 | 12 | -0.69% | 6,106.14 |
1991 | 1 | 11.61% | 6,814.86 |
1991 | 2 | 3.04% | 7,022.35 |
1991 | 3 | 2.26% | 7,180.97 |
1991 | 4 | -0.18% | 7,168.13 |
1991 | 5 | 0.35% | 7,193.00 |
1991 | 6 | 0.78% | 7,249.14 |
1991 | 7 | 2.68% | 7,443.34 |
1991 | 8 | -0.30% | 7,420.78 |
1991 | 9 | 0.18% | 7,434.26 |
1991 | 10 | 0.02% | 7,435.44 |
1991 | 11 | 0.94% | 7,504.97 |
1991 | 12 | 7.36% | 8,057.19 |
1992 | 1 | -0.60% | 8,008.77 |
1992 | 2 | -1.01% | 7,927.70 |
1992 | 3 | 0.26% | 7,948.65 |
1992 | 4 | 2.07% | 8,113.05 |
1992 | 5 | -1.33% | 8,005.22 |
1992 | 6 | 1.91% | 8,158.29 |
1992 | 7 | 0.94% | 8,235.12 |
1992 | 8 | 0.38% | 8,266.26 |
1992 | 9 | -1.18% | 8,168.55 |
1992 | 10 | 2.76% | 8,393.75 |
1992 | 11 | 3.27% | 8,668.33 |
1992 | 12 | 0.14% | 8,680.72 |
1993 | 1 | 1.72% | 8,830.39 |
1993 | 2 | 2.15% | 9,020.26 |
1993 | 3 | -1.34% | 8,899.23 |
1993 | 4 | 0.72% | 8,963.72 |
1993 | 5 | 0.87% | 9,041.28 |
1993 | 6 | 0.06% | 9,046.79 |
1993 | 7 | 1.76% | 9,206.24 |
1993 | 8 | 1.35% | 9,330.98 |
1993 | 9 | 1.24% | 9,446.86 |
1993 | 10 | 0.01% | 9,447.58 |
1993 | 11 | 0.89% | 9,531.39 |
1993 | 12 | 1.74% | 9,696.85 |
1994 | 1 | -0.08% | 9,689.51 |
1994 | 2 | -1.42% | 9,551.55 |
1994 | 3 | -3.35% | 9,231.91 |
1994 | 4 | 1.06% | 9,329.61 |
1994 | 5 | 1.11% | 9,432.99 |
1994 | 6 | -0.52% | 9,384.05 |
1994 | 7 | 3.08% | 9,673.27 |
1994 | 8 | 0.82% | 9,752.35 |
1994 | 9 | -0.44% | 9,709.04 |
1994 | 10 | -0.37% | 9,673.13 |
1994 | 11 | -1.03% | 9,573.91 |
1994 | 12 | 2.45% | 9,808.59 |
1995 | 1 | 3.82% | 10,183.19 |
1995 | 2 | 2.56% | 10,443.69 |
1995 | 3 | 3.22% | 10,779.51 |
1995 | 4 | 3.35% | 11,140.38 |
1995 | 5 | 3.18% | 11,494.47 |
1995 | 6 | 3.55% | 11,902.24 |
1995 | 7 | 0.51% | 11,963.31 |
1995 | 8 | 3.72% | 12,408.07 |
1995 | 9 | 0.91% | 12,521.30 |
1995 | 10 | 2.36% | 12,816.60 |
1995 | 11 | 3.39% | 13,250.97 |
1995 | 12 | 0.16% | 13,272.51 |
1996 | 1 | 5.90% | 14,056.18 |
1996 | 2 | -0.20% | 14,027.97 |
1996 | 3 | 0.20% | 14,055.61 |
1996 | 4 | 2.35% | 14,386.59 |
1996 | 5 | 1.28% | 14,570.54 |
1996 | 6 | -3.48% | 14,063.98 |
1996 | 7 | 3.08% | 14,496.56 |
1996 | 8 | 2.02% | 14,789.93 |
1996 | 9 | 4.12% | 15,399.20 |
1996 | 10 | 5.05% | 16,177.18 |
1996 | 11 | 1.20% | 16,371.02 |
1996 | 12 | 3.26% | 16,904.31 |
1997 | 1 | 4.36% | 17,641.53 |
1997 | 2 | -0.62% | 17,531.51 |
1997 | 3 | -3.41% | 16,934.52 |
1997 | 4 | 9.22% | 18,495.51 |
1997 | 5 | 5.34% | 19,482.58 |
1997 | 6 | 5.74% | 20,600.09 |
1997 | 7 | 0.35% | 20,671.73 |
1997 | 8 | 1.19% | 20,918.14 |
1997 | 9 | 1.65% | 21,262.33 |
1997 | 10 | -1.15% | 21,017.37 |
1997 | 11 | 2.63% | 21,571.10 |
1997 | 12 | 0.24% | 21,622.24 |
1998 | 1 | 6.40% | 23,006.53 |
1998 | 2 | 5.31% | 24,228.84 |
1998 | 3 | 3.41% | 25,054.00 |
1998 | 4 | -0.22% | 24,998.41 |
1998 | 5 | 0.12% | 25,027.53 |
1998 | 6 | 4.47% | 26,145.67 |
1998 | 7 | -6.97% | 24,323.06 |
1998 | 8 | -4.90% | 23,131.60 |
1998 | 9 | 1.29% | 23,430.20 |
1998 | 10 | 10.97% | 26,001.52 |
1998 | 11 | 4.10% | 27,068.65 |
1998 | 12 | 5.05% | 28,434.99 |
1999 | 1 | -0.07% | 28,416.02 |
1999 | 2 | 2.92% | 29,246.77 |
1999 | 3 | 4.25% | 30,489.76 |
1999 | 4 | -0.10% | 30,459.63 |
1999 | 5 | -0.61% | 30,273.28 |
1999 | 6 | 4.52% | 31,642.36 |
1999 | 7 | -3.77% | 30,448.05 |
1999 | 8 | -0.60% | 30,265.97 |
1999 | 9 | -1.27% | 29,880.84 |
1999 | 10 | 7.11% | 32,004.16 |
1999 | 11 | 2.81% | 32,903.07 |
1999 | 12 | -0.12% | 32,863.94 |
2000 | 1 | -2.48% | 32,049.55 |
2000 | 2 | 3.94% | 33,312.60 |
2000 | 3 | 1.42% | 33,787.20 |
2000 | 4 | -2.84% | 32,828.05 |
2000 | 5 | 3.16% | 33,866.56 |
2000 | 6 | 0.85% | 34,154.54 |
2000 | 7 | 0.94% | 34,475.49 |
2000 | 8 | -1.08% | 34,103.28 |
2000 | 9 | -5.21% | 32,325.05 |
2000 | 10 | -0.77% | 32,075.32 |
2000 | 11 | -3.32% | 31,010.40 |
2000 | 12 | 0.46% | 31,151.50 |
2001 | 1 | -2.14% | 30,486.02 |
2001 | 2 | -9.08% | 27,717.92 |
2001 | 3 | 0.45% | 27,842.29 |
2001 | 4 | 6.88% | 29,757.65 |
2001 | 5 | -2.39% | 29,046.85 |
2001 | 6 | -2.66% | 28,274.13 |
2001 | 7 | -2.05% | 27,695.69 |
2001 | 8 | -11.25% | 24,580.67 |
2001 | 9 | 3.18% | 25,363.32 |
2001 | 10 | 5.05% | 26,644.97 |
2001 | 11 | 1.47% | 27,035.60 |
2001 | 12 | -0.30% | 26,955.11 |
2002 | 1 | -3.35% | 26,051.37 |
2002 | 2 | 4.95% | 27,339.68 |
2002 | 3 | -3.51% | 26,378.85 |
2002 | 4 | -2.82% | 25,634.87 |
2002 | 5 | -5.92% | 24,117.04 |
2002 | 6 | -10.76% | 21,522.41 |
2002 | 7 | 1.14% | 21,767.50 |
2002 | 8 | -4.76% | 20,731.86 |
2002 | 9 | -1.37% | 20,448.45 |
2002 | 10 | 6.63% | 21,803.28 |
2002 | 11 | -1.04% | 21,577.60 |
2002 | 12 | -0.22% | 21,529.58 |
2003 | 1 | -6.41% | 20,148.50 |
2003 | 2 | 1.31% | 20,412.02 |
2003 | 3 | 5.29% | 21,490.97 |
2003 | 4 | 5.31% | 22,632.62 |
2003 | 5 | 5.70% | 23,923.62 |
2003 | 6 | 0.60% | 24,066.18 |
2003 | 7 | -0.17% | 24,026.15 |
2003 | 8 | 3.16% | 24,785.67 |
2003 | 9 | 2.03% | 25,288.28 |
2003 | 10 | 1.21% | 25,594.41 |
2003 | 11 | 3.06% | 26,378.58 |
2003 | 12 | 4.93% | 27,680.35 |
2004 | 1 | 1.09% | 27,981.14 |
2004 | 2 | -1.57% | 27,543.18 |
2004 | 3 | 0.97% | 27,809.84 |
2004 | 4 | -2.56% | 27,096.72 |
2004 | 5 | 2.86% | 27,871.06 |
2004 | 6 | -2.24% | 27,247.09 |
2004 | 7 | -1.39% | 26,869.01 |
2004 | 8 | 2.78% | 27,616.68 |
2004 | 9 | 0.10% | 27,645.01 |
2004 | 10 | 4.77% | 28,964.76 |
2004 | 11 | 2.73% | 29,754.75 |
2004 | 12 | -1.35% | 29,353.30 |
2005 | 1 | 1.68% | 29,846.79 |
2005 | 2 | -0.26% | 29,770.50 |
2005 | 3 | -2.41% | 29,053.35 |
2005 | 4 | 1.34% | 29,441.47 |
2005 | 5 | 2.18% | 30,083.50 |
2005 | 6 | 1.81% | 30,627.35 |
2005 | 7 | 0.31% | 30,722.30 |
2005 | 8 | 0.28% | 30,808.22 |
2005 | 9 | -2.62% | 29,999.75 |
2005 | 10 | 3.96% | 31,188.20 |
2005 | 11 | 2.14% | 31,856.92 |
2005 | 12 | 1.47% | 32,324.18 |
2006 | 1 | -0.02% | 32,318.81 |
2006 | 2 | 1.49% | 32,799.11 |
2006 | 3 | 0.80% | 33,060.95 |
2006 | 4 | -0.79% | 32,800.88 |
2006 | 5 | -2.71% | 31,913.36 |
2006 | 6 | 0.72% | 32,143.15 |
2006 | 7 | 2.29% | 32,879.79 |
2006 | 8 | 2.53% | 33,712.04 |
2006 | 9 | 3.62% | 34,931.04 |
2006 | 10 | 2.00% | 35,630.23 |
2006 | 11 | 2.15% | 36,395.66 |
2006 | 12 | 0.69% | 36,647.82 |
2007 | 1 | 1.60% | 37,232.74 |
2007 | 2 | -2.47% | 36,311.64 |
2007 | 3 | 4.18% | 37,829.56 |
2007 | 4 | 3.39% | 39,112.65 |
2007 | 5 | 0.34% | 39,247.55 |
2007 | 6 | 0.57% | 39,473.07 |
2007 | 7 | -4.20% | 37,814.76 |
2007 | 8 | 3.07% | 38,977.47 |
2007 | 9 | 2.99% | 40,143.53 |
2007 | 10 | -4.81% | 38,214.11 |
2007 | 11 | 1.24% | 38,687.29 |
2007 | 12 | -6.64% | 36,120.31 |
2008 | 1 | -1.56% | 35,555.40 |
2008 | 2 | -2.63% | 34,621.49 |
2008 | 3 | 4.24% | 36,090.76 |
2008 | 4 | 2.56% | 37,015.62 |
2008 | 5 | -4.25% | 35,443.72 |
2008 | 6 | -6.08% | 33,289.28 |
2008 | 7 | 2.11% | 33,991.87 |
2008 | 8 | -4.85% | 32,344.10 |
2008 | 9 | -20.19% | 25,812.67 |
2008 | 10 | -8.61% | 23,591.40 |
2008 | 11 | -0.35% | 23,508.54 |
2008 | 12 | -1.10% | 23,250.99 |
2009 | 1 | -6.70% | 21,692.59 |
2009 | 2 | -5.69% | 20,458.84 |
2009 | 3 | 12.32% | 22,979.73 |
2009 | 4 | 6.66% | 24,510.13 |
2009 | 5 | 2.87% | 25,213.30 |
2009 | 6 | 1.28% | 25,535.43 |
2009 | 7 | 8.12% | 27,609.10 |
2009 | 8 | 3.65% | 28,616.93 |
2009 | 9 | 2.40% | 29,304.62 |
2009 | 10 | 2.09% | 29,918.36 |
2009 | 11 | 2.23% | 30,584.30 |
2009 | 12 | 1.36% | 30,999.31 |
2010 | 1 | -2.90% | 30,100.81 |
2010 | 2 | 5.94% | 31,889.71 |
2010 | 3 | 4.09% | 33,193.34 |
2010 | 4 | -5.88% | 31,240.77 |
2010 | 5 | -3.54% | 30,133.74 |
2010 | 6 | -0.16% | 30,085.80 |
2010 | 7 | 0.86% | 30,345.63 |
2010 | 8 | 3.37% | 31,368.63 |
2010 | 9 | 4.58% | 32,804.50 |
2010 | 10 | 2.49% | 33,621.64 |
2010 | 11 | 3.71% | 34,870.26 |
2010 | 12 | 3.46% | 36,077.53 |
2011 | 1 | 3.15% | 37,214.28 |
2011 | 2 | -1.11% | 36,800.29 |
2011 | 3 | 2.22% | 37,617.62 |
2011 | 4 | 0.66% | 37,865.61 |
2011 | 5 | -3.66% | 36,478.74 |
2011 | 6 | 3.10% | 37,610.22 |
2011 | 7 | -10.40% | 33,698.51 |
2011 | 8 | -0.79% | 33,432.55 |
2011 | 9 | 3.02% | 34,441.84 |
2011 | 10 | 1.77% | 35,050.47 |
2011 | 11 | 1.55% | 35,595.42 |
2011 | 12 | 4.78% | 37,297.79 |
2012 | 1 | 4.16% | 38,850.35 |
2012 | 2 | 2.88% | 39,970.73 |
2012 | 3 | -0.04% | 39,955.46 |
2012 | 4 | -3.09% | 38,720.46 |
2012 | 5 | -1.15% | 38,274.24 |
2012 | 6 | 2.92% | 39,392.26 |
2012 | 7 | 3.39% | 40,726.75 |
2012 | 8 | 3.02% | 41,957.18 |
2012 | 9 | -0.22% | 41,866.07 |
2012 | 10 | -2.84% | 40,678.13 |
2012 | 11 | 2.18% | 41,563.09 |
2012 | 12 | 4.27% | 43,337.32 |
2013 | 1 | 2.33% | 44,348.39 |
2013 | 2 | 2.72% | 45,555.76 |
2013 | 3 | 1.45% | 46,218.04 |
2013 | 4 | 4.57% | 48,332.18 |
2013 | 5 | -1.12% | 47,791.93 |
2013 | 6 | 3.25% | 49,347.31 |
2013 | 7 | 0.25% | 49,471.93 |
2013 | 8 | 1.19% | 50,061.86 |
2013 | 9 | 2.12% | 51,121.95 |
2013 | 10 | 3.86% | 53,095.25 |
2013 | 11 | 1.52% | 53,903.18 |
2013 | 12 | 0.97% | 54,424.86 |
2014 | 1 | -0.13% | 54,354.09 |
2014 | 2 | 2.72% | 55,833.75 |
2014 | 3 | 0.20% | 55,946.38 |
2014 | 4 | 1.53% | 56,803.50 |
2014 | 5 | 3.20% | 58,619.12 |
2014 | 6 | 1.50% | 59,495.96 |
2014 | 7 | -0.43% | 59,241.94 |
2014 | 8 | 1.78% | 60,295.28 |
2014 | 9 | -2.65% | 58,699.52 |
2014 | 10 | 5.71% | 62,048.71 |
2014 | 11 | 0.63% | 62,442.03 |
2014 | 12 | -1.11% | 61,748.89 |
2015 | 1 | 2.83% | 63,494.78 |
2015 | 2 | 0.06% | 63,529.93 |
2015 | 3 | 0.88% | 64,087.99 |
2015 | 4 | 0.98% | 64,715.35 |
2015 | 5 | -0.44% | 64,433.51 |
2015 | 6 | -0.08% | 64,382.20 |
2015 | 7 | -2.42% | 62,821.32 |
2015 | 8 | -4.51% | 59,989.91 |
2015 | 9 | 4.32% | 62,579.74 |
2015 | 10 | 2.93% | 64,414.87 |
2015 | 11 | -1.10% | 63,704.40 |
2015 | 12 | -6.42% | 59,614.82 |
2016 | 1 | -0.55% | 59,286.99 |
2016 | 2 | 6.36% | 63,059.26 |
2016 | 3 | 2.83% | 64,844.63 |
2016 | 4 | -0.30% | 64,647.26 |
2016 | 5 | 1.07% | 65,336.72 |
2016 | 6 | 3.30% | 67,491.16 |
2016 | 7 | 1.20% | 68,300.55 |
2016 | 8 | -0.44% | 68,000.94 |
2016 | 9 | -0.51% | 67,656.87 |
2016 | 10 | 1.20% | 68,469.53 |
2016 | 11 | 3.95% | 71,171.32 |
2016 | 12 | 1.44% | 72,194.50 |
2017 | 1 | 2.58% | 74,054.55 |
2017 | 2 | 1.75% | 75,349.96 |
2017 | 3 | -0.15% | 75,233.91 |
2017 | 4 | 1.69% | 76,507.15 |
2017 | 5 | 1.78% | 77,866.25 |
2017 | 6 | 0.99% | 78,635.48 |
2017 | 7 | 0.25% | 78,830.34 |
2017 | 8 | 1.65% | 80,133.61 |
2017 | 9 | 2.73% | 82,325.10 |
2017 | 10 | 1.59% | 83,633.72 |
2017 | 11 | 2.88% | 86,045.29 |
2017 | 12 | 4.86% | 90,228.72 |
2018 | 1 | -2.89% | 87,624.10 |
2018 | 2 | 0.06% | 87,680.69 |
2018 | 3 | -1.66% | 86,221.70 |
2018 | 4 | 1.96% | 87,913.05 |
2018 | 5 | 2.11% | 89,770.62 |
2018 | 6 | 1.58% | 91,189.66 |
2018 | 7 | 2.45% | 93,424.55 |
2018 | 8 | 1.68% | 94,993.84 |
2018 | 9 | -3.85% | 91,337.54 |
2018 | 10 | -2.08% | 89,441.28 |
2018 | 11 | -5.56% | 84,466.09 |
2018 | 12 | 1.74% | 85,932.12 |
2019 | 1 | 5.83% | 90,941.02 |
2019 | 2 | 1.95% | 92,712.57 |
2019 | 3 | 3.72% | 96,164.46 |
2019 | 4 | -1.53% | 94,691.43 |
2019 | 5 | 1.40% | 96,021.60 |
2019 | 6 | 3.83% | 99,696.68 |
2019 | 7 | -3.13% | 96,571.77 |
2019 | 8 | 3.09% | 99,551.23 |
2019 | 9 | 0.01% | 99,560.99 |
2019 | 10 | 4.43% | 103,975.22 |
2019 | 11 | 2.47% | 106,542.70 |
2019 | 12 | 3.35% | 110,108.04 |
2020 | 1 | 0.12% | 110,242.46 |
2020 | 2 | -18.92% | 89,387.11 |
2020 | 3 | 4.32% | 93,247.39 |
2020 | 4 | 5.89% | 98,737.21 |
2020 | 5 | 6.51% | 105,163.30 |
2020 | 6 | 3.48% | 108,819.23 |
2020 | 7 | 5.89% | 115,232.50 |
2020 | 8 | -0.63% | 114,509.98 |
2020 | 9 | 1.73% | 116,486.43 |
2020 | 10 | 3.95% | 121,092.44 |
2020 | 11 | 4.26% | 126,251.07 |
2020 | 12 | 2.80% | 129,780.17 |
The information on this page is derived from Robert Shiller's book, Irrational Exuberance and the accompanying dataset, as well as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly CPI logs.
Note that S&P index value for the current quarter is based on a moving average of closing prices, per Robert Shiller's methodology. The inflation data used is based on annual CPI averages.
in2013dollars.com is a reference website maintained by the Official Data Foundation.
Ian Webster is an engineer and data expert based in San Mateo, California. He has worked for Google, NASA, and consulted for governments around the world on data pipelines and data analysis. Disappointed by the lack of clear resources on the impacts of inflation on economic indicators, Ian believes this website serves as a valuable public tool. Ian earned his degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.
Start Value
Average monthly close |
$24.19 |
End Value
Average monthly close |
$3,278.20 |
Change in price |
+13,451.89%
+7.47% / yr |
Change incl. dividends |
+129,680.17%
+10.95% / yr |
Change, inflation-adjusted |
+13,047.60%
+7.33% |
Final amount, nominal ($100 base) |
$129,780.17 |
Final amount, inflation-adjusted ($100 base) |
$13,147.60 |