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Final 2009 Market Performance Numbers

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By Barry Ritholtz - January 1st, 2010, 6:00AM

Via Bloomberg, here are the final closing data for December 31st 2009:

Dow 18%
S&P500 23.5%
Nasdaq Comp 44%

Last year’s big market rally failed to rescue investors from the single worst return of any decade in history for equities.

This 2009 move off of the bear market lows wasn’t enough to restore money lost in both bears  (dot com bubble and credit collapse) of the 2000s.

Annual returns for the S&P 500 the past decade? An average annual loss of 0.9% a year since 1999 including dividends. S&P noted this was the first negative return for a decade since data began in 1927.

Here are the final numbers for 2009:

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See also:
U.S. Stocks Drop as Crisis Causes S&P 500’s First Decade Loss
Nikolaj Gammeltoft
Bloomberg, Jan. 1 2010

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azRby9JhxPH0&

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5 Responses to “Final 2009 Market Performance Numbers”

  1. Marcus Aurelius Says:
    December 31st, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    No one should try to interpret this data as doing so would both expose your prejudices and render the value of the data worthless.

    BTW, what happened to the global warming thread?

  2. Barry Ritholtz Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 6:12 am

    Here:

    http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/12/statistics-scientific-consensus-on-climate-change/

  3. SINGER Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 8:57 am

    The fact that this was the first decade with negative returns including dividends should tell you that something in the overall trend has changed…

  4. How the Common Man Sees It Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 9:02 am

    Gold ETFs attract $17 billion in 2009

    The value of the gold content in these funds is up roughly 84% over the year, the question now is, can the markets take more PGM ETFs?

    …..which is what helped lead to this:

    Gold’s 25% rise in 2009 eclipsed by palladium, platinum and silver

    2009 was a great year for appreciation in the price of precious metals with pgms the best performers following their big falls in 2008. Silver also showed strong gains.

  5. Croupier Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 7:18 pm

    Could be another decade of poor returns ahead for the S&P, but do you really want to own gold? What is deflation is the real problem – not inflation.