As of last week, the S&P 500 was priced to achieve an estimated
average annual total return of just 5.83 % over the coming decade, based on our standard methodology.
Oakmark Global Fund — Investor
Class Average Annual Total Returns (12/31/16) Since Inception (08/04/99) 9.91 % 10 — year 4.65 % 5 — year 10.83 % 1 — year 4.65 % 3 — month 7.63 % Expense Ratio as of 09/30/16 was 1.17 %
The following chart shows the same data on an inverted log scale (blue line, left), along with the actual subsequent 12 - year
nominal average annual total return of the S&P 500 Index (red line, right).
A RBC study looked at dividend - growing stocks versus non-dividend-paying stocks and found that from 1986 to 2012, dividend - growing
stocks averaged an annual total return of 11.9 % while non-dividend-paying stocks averaged 1.0 % annually.
In this lesson, I am going to use yield on cost to show you how you can achieve a wonderful goal: To receive, each year, in dividends alone, an amount of cash that equals the market's long -
term average annual total return.
Over the entire period studied, dividend payers in the Russell 2000 had a
higher average annual total return (10.5 %) than non-payers (7.5 %) or the index as a whole (8.8 %).
All of these Compound
Average Annual Total Return rates are calculated in the same manner: from Realty Income's NYSE listing on October 18, 1994 through December 31, 2016, and (except for NASDAQ) assuming reinvestment of dividends.
Perhaps more impressively, National Retail's
average annual total return for the past 25 years has been 14.8 %, significantly outpacing the market to provide meaningful value for shareholders.
As mentioned in the article Ariel Global Fund (Institutional Class) had
average annual total returns of 16.5 % for the three - year period ended July 14, 2015.
Oakmark International Small Cap Fund — Investor Class
Average Annual Total Returns (03/31/18) Since Inception (11/01/95) 9.62 % 10 — year 6.22 % 5 — year 7.74 % 1 — year 11.15 % 3 — month -3.38 % Net and Gross Expense Ratios as of 09/30/17 were 1.36 %
Yet $ 10,000 invested in the Standard and Poor's 500 - stock index would have more than doubled to $ 24,571 over that time period, with
an average annual total return of 14.25 percent.
Oakmark Fund - Investor Class
Average Annual Total Returns (03/31/18) Since Inception (08/05/91) 12.88 % 10 — year 11.76 % 5 — year 13.78 % 1 — year 15.34 % 3 — month -0.88 % Gross Expense Ratio as of 09/30/17 was 0.90 % Net Expense Ratio as of 09/30/17 was 0.86 %
Oakmark Global Select Fund - Investor Class
Average Annual Total Returns (09/30/17) Since Inception (10/02/06) 9.05 % 10 — year 8.35 % 5 — year 14.92 % 1 — year 26.41 % 3 — month 4.71 % Expense Ratio as of 09/30/16 was 1.15 %
Oakmark Global Select Fund - Investor Class
Average Annual Total Returns (12/31/17) Since Inception (10/02/06) 9.12 % 10 — year 9.60 % 5 — year 13.24 % 1 — year 21.18 % 3 — month 2.98 % Gross Expense Ratio as of 09/30/16 was 1.22 % Net Expense Ratio as of 09/30/16 was 1.15 % Gross Expense Ratio as of 09/30/17 was 1.19 % Net Expense Ratio as of 09/30/17 was 1.12 %
Franklin Income Fund's Class A shares delivered
an average annual total return of 10.84 percent (without sales charges) for the 3 - year period ended July 31, 2013, compared to 7.13 percent for Morningstar's Conservative Allocation peer group average.7 (Note: If sales charges had been included, returns would have been lower.)
However, it should be noted that since inception the fund's
average annual total return was virtually nil:
The stock index has
an average annual total return of 13.6 % over the past five years, versus a mere 0.5 % a year for the SHY.
Average Annual Total Return - Data regarding the returns from each and every investment option.
For example, let's assume you had $ 25,000 invested for 10 years in Vanguard 500 Index Fund and the fund had a 6 %
average annual total return.
One example of this is the GMO Emerging Country Debt IV Fund (GMDFX), which has posted
an average annual total return of over 20 % per year for the past 5 years.
Leading the pack were dividend growers, with
an average annual total return of 12.6 per cent, followed by a 10.8 - per - cent return for companies that paid stable dividends.
Perhaps more impressively, National Retail's
average annual total return for the past 25 years has been 14.8 %, significantly outpacing the market to provide meaningful value for -LSB-...]
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For current to the most recent month - end performance, including
average annual total returns, please click on the Performance Summary tab.
In the following chart, various indices and property types are charted using
their average annual total returns since 1978 and their average volatility or risk as measured by the standard deviation.