Cherry-picking dates, but the return from 1929 to 1974 (45 years, not 35) was 7.2% nominal, and only 4.76% inflation-adjusted. https://www.officialdata.org/us/

Cherry-picking dates, but the return from 1929 to 1974 (45 years, not 35) was 7.2% nominal, and only 4.76% inflation-adjusted. https://www.officialdata.org/us/stocks/s-p-500/1929?amount=100&endYear=1974 https://www.officialdata.org/us/stocks/s-p-500/1929?amount=1... Alternatively, 1972-2009 (37 years) gives an inflation-adjusted 5.17% https://www.officialdata.org/us/stocks/s-p-500/1972?amount=100&endYear=2009 https://www.officialdata.org/us/stocks/s-p-500/1972?amount=1... (To be fair, that's from lump-sum investing at the worst time, if you DCA the returns should be better than the numbers above)