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1. 1934 Great Depression
2. 1935 Spanish Civil War
3. 1936 Economy Still Struggling
4. 1937 Recession
5. 1938 War Clouds Gather
6. 1939 War in Europe
7. 1940 France Falls
8. 1941 Pearl Harbor
9. 1942 Wartime Price Controls
10. 1943 Industry Mobilizes
11. 1944 Consumer Goods Shortage
12. 1945 Post-War Recession Predicted
13. 1946 Dow Tops 200- MARKET HIGH
14. 1947 Cold War Begins
15. 1948 Berlin Blockade
16. 1949 Russia Explodes A-Bomb
17. 1950 Korean War
18. 1951 Excess Profits Tax
19. 1952 U.S. Seizes Steel Mills
20. 1953 Russia Explodes H-Bomb
21. 1954 Dow Tops 300- MARKET HIGH
22. 1955 Eisenhower Illness
23. 1956 Suez Crisis
24. 1957 Russia Launches Sputnik
25. 1958 Recession
26. 1959 Castro Seizes Power in Cuba
27. 1960 Russia Downs U-2 Plane
28. 1961 Berlin Wall Erected
29. 1962 Cuba Missile Crisis
30. 1963 Kennedy Assassinated
31. 1964 Gulf of Tonkin
32. 1965 Civil Rights Marches
33. 1966 Vietnam War Escalates
34. 1967 Newark Race Riots
35. 1968 USS Pueblo Seized
36. 1969 Money Tightens- Market Falls
37. 1970 Cambodia Invaded- Vietnam Spreads
38. 1971 Wage Price Freeze
39. 1972 Largest U.S. Trade Deficit Ever
40. 1973 Energy Crisis- Gas Lines
41. 1974 Steepest Market Drop in Four Decades
42. 1975 Clouded Economic Prospects
43. 1976 Economic Recovery Slows
44. 1977 Market Slumps
45. 1978 Interest Rates Rise
46. 1979 Oil Prices Skyrocket
47. 1980 Interest Rates at All-Time High
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48. 1980 Interest Rates at All-Time High
49. 1981 Steep Recession Begins
50. 1982 Worst Recession in 40 Years
51. 1983 Market Hits New Highs
52. 1984 Record Federal Deficits
53. 1985 Economic Growth Slows
54. 1986 Dow Near 2000
55. 1987 Record-Setting Market Decline
56. 1988 Iran Hostage Crisis
57. 1989 October “Mini-Crash”
58. 1990 Persian Gulf War
59. 1991 Fall of Berlin Wall
60. 1992 Global Recession
61. 1993 Health Care Reform
62. 1994 Fed Raises Interest Rates Six Times
63. 1995 Dow Tops 5,000
64. 1996 Dow Tops 6,000
65. 1997 Hong Kong Reverts to China
66. 1998 Asian Flu
67. 1999 Y2K Scare
68. 2000 Tech Bubble Burst
69. 2001 Terrorist Attacks on USA
70. 2002 Corporate Accounting Scandals
71. 2003 Invasion of Iraq
72. 2004 Interest Rates Rise
73. 2005 Gulf Hurricanes
74. 2006 North Korea Tests Nuclear Missiles
75. 2007 The Chinese Correction
76. 2008 The Global Financial Crisis Begins
77. 2009 U.S. Unemployment Rate Exceeds 10%
78. 2010 BP Oil Spill
79. 2011 The European PIGS
80. 2012 Falling Off the U.S. Fiscal Cliff
81. 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing
82. 2014 Ebola Outbreak
83. 2015 Paris Attacks and U.S. Mass Shootings
84. 2016 Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton
85. 2017 North Korea Nuclear Testing
86. 2018 US-China Trade War Begins
87. 2019 Trump Quid Pro Quo Impeachment
88. 2020 COVID-19
89. 2021 Inflation Nation!
90. 2022 Russian Invades Ukraine
91. 2023 Hamas Attacks Israel
92. 2024 Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump
93. 2025 U.S. Declares Worldwide Tariff War
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1 Good Reason Why You Should
$127,997,151.40
This is the amount a mere $10,000 invested in the S&P 500 Index in January 1, 1934 would have been worth by market close on March 31, 2025 with dividends reinvested. Okay…so I realize most of us didn’t have $10,000 in 1934 to invest or weren’t even alive. So, what if a 65-year-old at the end of 2024 invested his or her $10,000 at the age 25 on January 1, 1984?
$841,635.60
Still a VERY Good Reason!
Emotionally and unconsciously, we are always thinking of reasons not to invest in the stock market. Is there fear today? Absolutely! Just think: What would Warren do? (Warren Buffet, that is – arguably the greatest investor of all time). Well…he says, “Buy Fear!” Let these 90+ years of experience help you be comfortable with the exercising a good discipline to do what Warren does.
Source: https://dqydj.com/sp-500-return-calculator/
You cannot buy the S&P 500 index. Past performance is not indicative of future performance.
