Reference:RETURN ON THE MARKET
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RETURN ON THE MARKET
Also known as market rate of return.
Usually this is the Total Return percentage of the S&P 500 Composite Index
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage (S&P online database)
Investment Performance Digest (HG4501 .C48 Ref) Covers 1960 to 1999
[RRF-Morningstar.html Morningstar Mutual Funds] (HG4930 .M87 Ref): Look in Summary issue, Performance Close-ups, Benchmark Performance. Covers year-to-date, latest 1, 3, and 6 months, latest 7 years, latest 3, 5, and 10 years annualized.
Stocks, Bonds, Bills and Inflation. Ibbotson (HG 4501.S7949 Ref). Covers Large Company Stocks (rather than the S&P 500, though is based on it); covers 1926 to previous year.
See also S & P's Statistical Service (Ref Desk HC 101 S74a) for older data.
Also see Dow Jones Average and S & P's Statistical Service
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