In a cozy off-campus apartment in Lubbock, three Texas Tech University students are discovering that sharing a roof does not necessarily mean sharing a worldview. While…
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Six of the world’s biggest exchanges and the time on each floor right now.
- New York NYSE Closes 16:00 10:40 Open
- London LSE Closes 16:30 14:40 Open
- Frankfurt Xetra Closes 17:30 15:40 Open
- Tokyo TSE Closed for the day 23:40 Closed
- Hong Kong HKEX Closed for the day 22:40 Closed
- Sydney ASX Opens 10:00 01:40 Closed
Regular hours in local time. Public holidays are not shown.
Our desks
Reported daily. Pick the one that moves your money.
Decades that paid
- 9 decades ended higher
- 2 ended lower
Both losing decades held a crash and a recovery that came after the decade closed.
Deepest drawdowns
Peak-to-trough falls. Every one was recovered in full.
Return by decade
- +18
- '20
- -1
- '30
- +9
- '40
- +19
- '50
- +8
- '60
- +6
- '70
- +17
- '80
- +18
- '90
- -1
- '00
- +14
- '10
- +7
- '20
Average yearly return of the S&P 500, in percent.
$1, compounded
$41,593 from $1 in 1920, before dividends
Log scale, so each gridline is ten times the one below.
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