Here’s the Average Stock Market Return Over the Last 10 Years, and What It Means for the Next 10 Years

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Here’s the bottom line: The U.S. stock market has consistently created wealth over long time periods, and investors have no reason to believe that will change. There will be good years and bad years, but history says all three major indexes will be worth far more a decade from now. That means there are plenty of stocks worth buying today.