S&P 500 Total Return During Pre-Election Years “What we learn from history is that people don’t learn from history. And you certainly see that in financial markets all the time.” –Warren Buffett Image: Ryan Detrick, LPL Financial LLC
S&P 500 Total Return vs. BarclayHedge Hedge Fund Index Hedge funds have underperformed the S&P 500 over the past decade, but volatility has been lower. Image: The Daily Shot, Bloomberg
S&P 500 Total Return and U.S. High Yield/High Grade Usually, flight to quality in credit markets is rarely a good sign for equities, but ECB QE, Fed easing and repo operations should be positive. Image: BofA Merrill Lynch
S&P 500 LTM Return On Equity (ROE) The S&P 500 LTM Return On Equity (ROE) gives a picture of corporate profitability and remains high relative to history. Image: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
S&P 500 Buyback Index vs. S&P 500 Total Return Index This chart clearly shows the large divergence between the S&P 500 Buyback Index and the S&P 500 Total Return Index. Image: Real Investment Advice
S&P 500 Total Return Change During Economic Expansions The current business cycle is the longest and weakest expansion. The next downturn could hit the U.S. stock market much harder than the economy. Image: Irrelevant Investor LLC
ISM Manufacturing Index and S&P 500 1-Month Return The current S&P 500 option implied 1-month return distribution is pricing a low probability of a right tail relative to historical realised. Image: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
S&P 500 – Historical September Monthly Total Returns September is usually a volatile month. But since to 1980, September has been positive 54% of the time. Image: Richardson Wealth
S&P 500 Index Total Returns — 108 Years Over the past 108 years, the S&P 500 has generated positive annual returns more than 72% of the time. Image: Wells Fargo Investment Institute
Comparative Return of Bitcoin and S&P 500 This chart suggests that the best years for Bitcoin are when the S&P 500 is above 15%. Image: Fundstrat Global Advisors, LLC