What was the stock market return in 1971?
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The Dow began 1971 at 838.92 and ended the year at 890.20.  Net return excluding dividends was 6.1%.  Add about 2% for dividends to yield about 8%.  \n\nThe 500 begain 1971 at 92.15 and ended at 102.09.  Net return excluding dividends was 10.78%.  Add about 1.5% for dividends to yeild about 12.3%
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It varies based on other factors besides whos in power.\n\nDid well under Reagan (until about 1987 when it crashed)\nDid ok under Bush I (I think but not great-- we had a recession during that time too)\nDid great under Clinton (in later years)\nUnder Bush II, not so good until recently.  Dow around 11k in 2001, 7800 in 2002 or 2003 (can't remember which) and its taken since then to get back to 11k and greater\n\nGenerally market does well during war time and somewhat thereafter.\n\nAccording to Link in above poster's response....\nThe table tells the story. Since 1948, Republican Administrations have controlled the White House 57.2 percent of the time. But during the period that the GOP was in office, stock returns have averaged only 9.53 percent per year, while under Democratic administrations, stocks returned 15.25 percent per year, more than five percentage points higher. \n\n\nDanny, you need to get your facts straight.
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On November 8 2001, the Raytheon stock price closed at 32.70.\n\nDuring the day, it's low was 32.43 and it's high was 32.79.\n\nIn future, you can find this information using the tool at the following site - just enter the date range you are interested in and it will provide a table of daily prices: http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/charts/chartdl.asp?Symbol=RTN
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While this question does not provide sufficient information. I will make try.\n\nWith a monthly, annual, or even daily basis, an SD of .04 is very low and a return of 12% is very high . . . these two stats rarely occur together making me think you need more info. "Lies, damn lies, and statisitics" Beware!
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I would say the consensus of most experts would be:  We don't know.  But odds are better than 50-50 it will go up.  The stock market has gone up an average of ~10% a year since 1926.
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it depends on the $ return!\n\nchavatshimshon>yahoo>co>uk
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___Date ____Open ____High ___Low ___Close ___Volume \n22-Feb-05 ___25.52 ___25.82 __25.35 __25.41 __6,513,900 \n\nThis data from Yahoo Finance go to:\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=BLS&a=01&b=22&c=2005&d=03&e=20&f=2005&g=d\n\n(last one at the bottom of the page is 22-Feb-05)
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Use this formula:\n\nWACC = We*Re + Wp*Rp +Wd*Rd*(1-t)\n\nwhere We is the weight of equity (8MM/16MM = 0.5)\nwhere Wp is the weight of preferred (1MM/16MM)\nwhere Wd is the weight of debt (7MM/16MM)\n\nRe is the return on equity\nRp is the return on preferred stock\nRd is the return on debt\n\nt is the tax rate = 0.4
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Yahoo Finance can pull that information.  Just click the Finance tab on Yahoo's main page, enter the stock, then click on historical quotes.
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As a start, you might want to do a Google Search (or Yahoo search) on the phrase "stock market particpation rates"\n\nSeveral articles will pop up on the topic.  The ones I looked at don't give exactly the information that you want -- but I believe that some of them will point you in the right direction.
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No worry! Look at the charts for the past 50 years. The market will go up again! (If you are not financed by debt :)
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There is information on 1929 stock market crash in this website. (see below)\n\nhttp://www.btinternet.com/~dreklind/thecrash.htm
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Texas has one...first link\n\nAnd I found national returns on the 2nd link...
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inflation is the correct answer.....here's an explanation...the stock market crashed....what does that mean?  here goes:\n\nlet's say that you have a factory making widgets (a fictional device).  you sell shares on the stock market to make money so that you can make many widgets and sell them for a profit.  you start selling the shares for $10 a share.\n\na person with a reputation for knowing what is going to be hot in the stock market is your best friend and says, "hey...i am going to buy some stock in your widgets...when everyone else hears that i have done this, they will also buy stock in widgets and your stock prices will soar!"\n\nso thousands of people buy stock in widgets and the more people buy the higher the price of the stock gets.  pretty soon it costs $90 a share to buy widgets.\n\nthe problem?  after you manufacture 50,000 widgets you find out that nobody really needs or wants to buy them...so you have thousands of people who have paid up to $90 a share for a part of your widget factory but you have ZERO dollars to give back to them...they all lose all the money that they put into your widget factory and there's not a damn thing they can do to get their money back from you.\n\nthis happened on a HUGE scale in the 1920s...people had flooded the stock market and were under the impression they were making money when they were not. then the bubble burst, everyone tried to get their money back and everyone learned their was no money to be gotten back....thousands of big time stock matket players lost FORTUNES.  people killed themselves etc.  it was, generally, a mess.\n\npeople had invested their life savings in stocks but not enough people were making money to buy things....so everything just plain CRASHED!\n\nfranklin roosevelt helped save the US economy by creating programs that put money in everyone's pocket so that they could buy things and so that manufacturers could make things and sell them again.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=%5EIXIC&t=my&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=
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I dunno but i do know nifty 50-The 50 stocks that were most favored by institutional investors in the 1960s and 1970s. Companies in this group were usually characterized by consistent earnings growth and high P/E ratios
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It's simple if by returns you mean closing prices.\n\n\nJust go to Yahoo finance (http://finance.yahoo.com) \n\nType in your symbol of the index (or stock) you’re looking for\n\nThen on the left, click on historical quotes. \n\nNow, you can then type in the date range you want and choose daily/weekly/etc \n\nYou can even download the data to excel or wherever.\n\n\nOr if you prefer, you can go to this link instead. Just replace GOOG with the index or stock symbol that you’re looking for. \n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=goog\n\nIf you want a different one, just type in the symbol or look it up and type it in. \n\nTo download, just click on the link at the bottom of the page.\n\nHave fun!