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The Dow returned 13.70% in 2023 against the S&P's 26.29%

15: -2.23%-2.23%1516: 13.42%+13.42%1617: 25.08%+25.08%1718: -5.63%-5.63%1819: 22.34%+22.34%1920: 7.25%+7.25%2021: 18.73%+18.73%2122: -8.78%-8.78%2223: 13.7%+13.7%2324: 12.88%+12.88%2425: 12.97%+12.97%2526: 9.75%+9.75%26

Two negative years in eleven complete ones, and both were milder than the S&P 500's in the same years. Source: Slickcharts.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, launched in 1896, holds 30 US companies and weights them by share price. A $500 share counts ten times a $50 one, whichever business is larger. It returned 13.70% in 2023 while the S&P 500 returned 26.29%.

30Companies
1896Launched
-22.61%Worst day
+12.97%Return in 2025

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