This statistic presents the historic returns of selected asset classes from 1970 to 2020. During that time, the average return on U.S. small-cap stocks was 9.8 percent, three basis points lower than the return on large-cap domestic stocks.
Total returns of selected asset classes from 1970 to 2020
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Charles Schwab Corporation. (June 23, 2020). Total returns of selected asset classes from 1970 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/995470/total-returns-of-selected-asset-classes/
Charles Schwab Corporation. "Total returns of selected asset classes from 1970 to 2020." Chart. June 23, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/995470/total-returns-of-selected-asset-classes/
Charles Schwab Corporation. (2020). Total returns of selected asset classes from 1970 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/995470/total-returns-of-selected-asset-classes/
Charles Schwab Corporation. "Total Returns of Selected Asset Classes from 1970 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/995470/total-returns-of-selected-asset-classes/
Charles Schwab Corporation, Total returns of selected asset classes from 1970 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/995470/total-returns-of-selected-asset-classes/ (last visited May 06, 2024)
Total returns of selected asset classes from 1970 to 2020 [Graph], Charles Schwab Corporation, June 23, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/995470/total-returns-of-selected-asset-classes/