Canada’s benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index is up by 7.12% on price return basis year-to-date as of December 21, 2023. The YTD total return, which includes reinvested dividends, is even better at 10.58%. The TSX Composite Index has generated an annual total average return of 7.51% over the past 100 years from 1920 to 2022 according …

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The Andex Chart is a powerful one-pager that shows the performance of different asset classes such as stocks, bonds, balanced portfolio, etc. over a period of time. The chart also shows the bull and bear markets since the 1930s. The chart shows the growth of C$1,000 from 1934 thru 2022 for Canadian stocks, US stocks, …

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Equities tend to go up in the long term measured in decades. This is true for most equity markets. Many studies have shown the US equities for instance have yielded positive returns in more years than negative returns. Canadian stocks have also performed in a similar fashion. In the years from 1948 to 2020, Canadian …

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The Periodic Table of Annual Returns for Canadians has been updated for 2022 by Stingy Investor. This table shows the performance of various asset classes by year in Canadian dollars. The chart below shows the returns from 2012 to 2022. For earlier year returns click on the link and you can use the arrows to …

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I came across the following infographic on Canadian Citizenship data in 2021. It interesting to note that the US and UK are the top two countries of birth of Canadian citizens by descent. Similarly among Canadian citizens by birth who own dual citizenship are with the US and UK. Click to enlarge Source: Statscan