S&P 500 Year to Date: +8.7% (2026, updated daily)
How much the S&P 500 has returned so far this year, updated with every trading day, and how that compares with every year since 1993.
| Year | Return | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | +8.7% | |
| 2025 | +17.7% | |
| 2024 | +24.9% | |
| 2023 | +26.2% | |
| 2022 | −18.2% | |
| 2021 | +28.7% | |
| 2020 | +18.3% | |
| 2019 | +31.2% | |
| 2018 | −4.6% | |
| 2017 | +21.7% | |
| 2016 | +12.0% | |
| 2015 | +1.2% | |
| 2014 | +13.5% | |
| 2013 | +32.3% | |
| 2012 | +16.0% | |
| 2011 | +1.9% | |
| 2010 | +15.1% | |
| 2009 | +26.4% | |
| 2008 | −36.8% | |
| 2007 | +5.1% | |
| 2006 | +15.8% | |
| 2005 | +4.8% | |
| 2004 | +10.7% | |
| 2003 | +28.2% | |
| 2002 | −21.6% | |
| 2001 | −11.8% | |
| 2000 | −9.7% | |
| 1999 | +20.4% | |
| 1998 | +28.7% | |
| 1997 | +33.5% | |
| 1996 | +22.5% | |
| 1995 | +38.0% | |
| 1994 | +0.4% |
How to read this
The year-to-date return is the change since the last close of 2025, for the 500 largest US companies, total return with dividends (SPY). It is updated with every trading day. The chart puts this year's path next to the average path of all past years in our data, so you can see whether 2026 is running ahead of or behind a normal year at this point of the calendar.
A single year's number says little about what comes next. Since 1994, S&P 500 ended the year positive in 81% of years, with an average of +12.3% and a median of +15.9%; the best year gained +38% (1995) and the worst lost 37% (2008). The spread between those two is the reason the Research Terminal compares every market with a rule that steps aside in the deep falls.
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Educational research, not investment advice. Past returns do not guarantee future results. Disclaimer.