Re: total returns over the last 9 years

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:15:18 -0500, "rick++" <rick303@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>S&P is really 6% if you include re-invested dividends.
>But thats still no better than treasuries.

No, the 2.46% annualized is TOTAL RETURN.

That figure is one of the benchmarks I use for my own investing, and I've
got month-end figures for S&P500 Total Return dating back to 1975.  (I
originally got these figures from Barra, but now they can be found on the
S&P website).

For the same period (3/1/1999 - 2/29/2008), the S&P Midcap 400 is 10.48%;
and the small cap 600 is 10.55%.
--ron

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