annual return

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Her research shows that people who—by the accident of their age—experienced a one-percentage-point higher annual return on stocks expect to earn a 0.6-to-0.7-point better return on their portfolios than those who earned lower past returns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The baseline regression estimates the relationship between the average annual return on a house sale and the seller’s age.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Over the past decade its average annual return is just 0.9%, ranking it at the very bottom—the 100th percentile—in its Morningstar category over the period.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

The fund boasts a 5.4% yield and a 10-year average annual return of 10%.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

These are grounds of hope for others; for ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis