Market Crash Timeline: Growth of $1 and the US Stock Market’s Real Peak Values

Cumulative Real Wealth: 60/40 Peak Cumulative Value: 60/40 Cumulative Real Wealth: 100% Equity Peak Cumulative Value: 100% Equity Market Crash Episode: 100% Equity Market Crash Episode: 60/40

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Source: Kaplan et al. (2009); Ibbotson (2023); Morningstar Direct; Goetzmann, Ibbotson, and Peng (2000); Pierce (1982); www.econ.yale.edu/^shiller/data.htm, Ibbotson Associated SBBI US Large-Cap Stock Inflation Adjusted Total Return Extended Index, S&P 500 (2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics, Non-Seasonally Adjusted Consumer Price Index (2025). Data as of Aug. 31, 2025.