S&P 500 · 5Y Rolling — Five Years Later, the Typical Annualized Return
Rolling 5Y CAGR — Buy at any point, hold five years — where the annualized return lands.
Every five-year rolling window since 1928, on a price-return basis. About one window in five still ended underwater — five years is no guarantee.
What this page answers
This static page is built to answer searches for S&P 500 · 5Y Rolling. It summarizes the live dataset behind the Five Years Later, the Typical Annualized Return panel and links to the full interactive chart.
Every five-year rolling window since 1928, on a price-return basis. About one window in five still ended underwater — five years is no guarantee. 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
- 2026-07-11
- Latest value
- 7,575.392026-07-10
- CAGR
- +6.36%
- Sample
- 1928-01-31 – 2026-07-10
- Observations
- 1,183
- Sample
- 1928-01-31 – 2026-07-10
Static Preview
Data & Source
GET /api/sp500/century.json — Canonical dataset endpoint.
Yahoo Finance · Macrotrends · Robert Shiller · FRED · S&P Global · Nasdaq · NBER.
FAQ
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.