Nasdaq: year-to-date return
Each year starts at 1.0 on the previous Dec 31 close — see where the current year sits versus history.
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ROI = price ÷ previous Dec 31 close. Incomplete years (dashed) are left out of averages and ranges.
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2026 year to date: +14.5% · 29th of 55 years
Nasdaq is up 14.5% in 2026 as of Oct 15: 29th of 55 years at this point since 1972. In the median year it was up 14.9% by this date.
Measured from the previous Dec 31 close. Price only.
Nasdaq: return by year
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (to Oct 15) | +14.5% |
| 2025 | +20.4% |
| 2024 | +28.6% |
| 2023 | +43.4% |
| 2022 | −33.1% |
| 2021 | +21.4% |
| 2020 | +43.6% |
| 2019 | +35.2% |
| 2018 | −3.9% |
| 2017 | +28.2% |
| 2016 | +7.5% |
| 2015 | +5.7% |
| 2014 | +13.4% |
| 2013 | +38.3% |
| 2012 | +15.9% |
| 2011 | −1.8% |
| 2010 | +16.9% |
| 2009 | +43.9% |
| 2008 | −40.5% |
| 2007 | +9.8% |
| 2006 | +9.5% |
| 2005 | +1.4% |
| 2004 | +8.6% |
| 2003 | +50.0% |
| 2002 | −31.5% |
| 2001 | −21.1% |
| 2000 | −39.3% |
| 1999 | +85.6% |
| 1998 | +39.6% |
| 1997 | +21.6% |
| 1996 | +22.7% |
| 1995 | +39.9% |
| 1994 | −3.2% |
| 1993 | +14.7% |
| 1992 | +15.5% |
| 1991 | +56.9% |
| 1990 | −17.8% |
| 1989 | +19.2% |
| 1988 | +15.4% |
| 1987 | −5.2% |
| 1986 | +7.4% |
| 1985 | +31.5% |
| 1984 | −11.3% |
| 1983 | +19.9% |
| 1982 | +18.7% |
| 1981 | −3.2% |
| 1980 | +33.9% |
| 1979 | +28.1% |
| 1978 | +12.3% |
| 1977 | +7.3% |
| 1976 | +26.1% |
| 1975 | +29.8% |
| 1974 | −35.1% |
| 1973 | −31.1% |
| 1972 | +17.2% |
| 1971 (since Feb 5) | +14.1% |