The following is the Periodic Table of U.S. Equity Investment Returns from 1999 thru 2018. It shows the annual returns of various US equity indices such as the S&P 500, Russell 1000, Russell  3000, etc. in the order of performance:

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Source: The Periodic Table Collection –  20th  Anniversary Edition,  Callan Institute

In the past five years, the S&P 500 has been the best performing index in 4 years. So far this year, the index is up by double digit percentage points. It remains to be seen if the solid gains will hold thru the end of the year.

Download:

• The Periodic Table Collection –  20th  Anniversary Edition (complete list of charts in pdf)

Related ETFs:

• SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
• S&P MidCap 400 SPDR ETF (MDY)

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