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Re: SP 500 Monthly returns



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Bob wrote:
> Robert Shiller's web site has an Excel file going back to 1881 if that
> is far enough...

The S&P 500 index was created in 1957 so any data before then is a best
guess extrapolation. I think it's better to use the DJIA if you want
"real" data going back more than a century. The two are pretty well
correlated.

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  Dennis