Quantcast

Odds are better that market will go up rather than down (access required)

by Rebecca Tonn

Published: May 29,2009

Time posted: 12:00 am

Tags: Banking & Finance, Banking and Finance, stock market

The stock market always recovers. Since 1926, the stock market, as measured by the Standard & Poor's 500 index, has had 58 years of positive returns and only 24 years of negative returns. Historical odds are 8-to-1 that the market will be down by 10 percent or more during any single year, and 2-to-1 that the market ...





  • Comments are closed.





    Connect with us: Daily Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

    Our Poll

    Do you think Colorado Springs is making strides building a sports economy?

    View Results

    Loading ... Loading ...

    This poll is not a scientific sampling, but offers a quick view of what readers are thinking.

    Calendar

    On The Horizon: Read calendar items from the print edition of the Business Journal here.

    To submit your event to our community calendar, set up the event as an appointment in your email calendar and invite events.csbj@gmail.com as an attendee.



    • image
    • image
    • image
    Copyright © 2012  | Colorado Springs Business Journal  31 E. Platte Ave., Ste 300, Colorado Springs, CO 80903  (719) 634-5905