S&P 500 in 2023

Weekly Update

Election Year Performance


Published January 26, 2024

 

Below we offer a couple of recent summary reports from Delta Research. We hope you find them of interest.

“The S&P 500 returned 26% in 2023 and ended the year just short of the all-time high of 4796. Components of the 2023 return included +6.32% from better earnings, +17.91% from expansion in forward P/E multiple to ~20x, and +2.06% from dividends. Since 1950, the S&P 500 Index is positive the following year 80% of the time. In the presidential election years dating back to 1960, the S&P 500 index has been positive 81% of the time (13 out of 16 years). (more…)