Nasdaq 100 · 5Y Rolling — Nasdaq 100 · Five-Year Rolling Annualized
Rolling 5Y CAGR — Five-year rolling annualized returns for the Nasdaq 100.
Monthly observations since 1990, each looking back five years. The deepest windows touched -20% annualised — buying the 2000 peak still left you underwater by 2005. The distribution runs wider than the S&P 500's: the best five years go higher, the worst five years go deeper.
What this page answers
Buy the Nasdaq 100 at any point and hold five years: the annualized return averages 14.4%, and only about 12.3% of all historical 5-year windows ended negative. The latest window (ending 2026-07-16) annualized 14.6%.
Monthly observations since 1990, each looking back five years. The deepest windows touched -20% annualised — buying the 2000 peak still left you underwater by 2005. The distribution runs wider than the S&P 500's: the best five years go higher, the worst five years go deeper. The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.
Latest Snapshot
- Updated
- 2026-07-17
- Latest value
- 14.62026-07-16
- Average
- +1,436.0%
- Observations
- 430
- Sample
- 1990-10-31 – 2026-07-16
the Nasdaq 100 5-year rolling annualized returns (year-end windows)
| 5y window ending | Annualized |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-16 | 14.6% |
| 2025-12-31 | 14.4% |
| 2024-12-31 | 19.2% |
| 2023-12-29 | 21.8% |
| 2022-12-30 | 11.3% |
| 2021-12-31 | 27.4% |
| 2020-12-31 | 22.9% |
| 2019-12-31 | 15.6% |
| 2018-12-31 | 12.0% |
| 2017-12-29 | 19.7% |
| 2016-12-30 | 16.4% |
| 2015-12-31 | 15.7% |
| 2014-12-31 | 17.9% |
| 2013-12-31 | 24.3% |
| 2012-12-31 | 5.0% |
| 2011-12-30 | 5.3% |
| 2010-12-31 | 6.2% |
| 2009-12-31 | 2.8% |
| 2008-12-31 | -3.8% |
| 2007-12-31 | 16.2% |
| 2006-12-29 | 1.6% |
| 2005-12-30 | -6.8% |
| 2004-12-31 | -15.3% |
| 2003-12-31 | -4.4% |
| 2002-12-31 | -0.1% |
| 2001-12-31 | 13.9% |
| 2000-12-29 | 32.4% |
| 1999-12-31 | 55.8% |
| 1998-12-31 | 35.8% |
| 1997-12-31 | 22.4% |
| 1996-12-31 | 19.9% |
| 1995-12-29 | 23.6% |
| 1994-12-30 | 12.6% |
| 1993-12-31 | 17.6% |
| 1992-12-31 | 18.2% |
| 1991-12-31 | 18.5% |
| 1990-12-31 | 8.7% |
Showing the 37 most recent of 430 observations — the full series is in the JSON: https://historyofmarket.com/api/ndx/rolling5y.json
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Data & Source
GET /api/ndx/rolling5y.json — Canonical dataset endpoint.
Yahoo Finance · Macrotrends · Robert Shiller · FRED · S&P Global · Nasdaq · NBER.
FAQ
Can a 5-year hold of the Nasdaq 100 lose money?
Historically about 12.3% of 5-year windows ended negative — rare, and clustered around buying at major peaks. The average window annualized 14.4%.
Where does this data come from?
History of Market combines public market and macro datasets including Yahoo Finance, Macrotrends, Robert Shiller, FRED, S&P Global, Nasdaq, and NBER. The exact endpoint for this panel is linked below.
How often is it updated?
Daily-tier datasets refresh after the U.S. market close, with a broader weekly refresh on Sunday. The timestamp shown on this page comes from the JSON payload.
Can I use the data?
Yes, for research and education with attribution to History of Market. Upstream data sources retain their own terms.