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A unique and captivating view of market risk for long-term investors
Updated through 2025, the Index Matrix is a browser-based app that displays the historical returns for 13 U.S. and International asset class indexes using a visually powerful heat-mapping technique.
From any starting year along the diagonal, investors can view yearly returns from 1927 for most US indexes and annualized returns (up from the diagonal) for longer periods up to 99 years. Heat mapping of return ranges offers a big picture view of the “green pastures” the US stock market offers to patient investors who can get beyond the “barbed wire” of short-term return volatility.
**Note to Advisors: If you are not printing the Index Matrix posters for the US Total Market and US Small Cap Value (at the least) to display in your office, you are missing a huge opportunity to enlighten new and existing clients to the power of long-term investing. Trust me, these are unique and engaging conversation starters that will set the stage for deeper discussions with your clients.
Download the PDF files, go to VistaPrint.com to order 24″ x 36″ posters, and frame locally or buy frames online through Amazon. Then share your stories with me about the responses you receive!
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The Index Matrix and InteractFA are designed for education purposes only. Data for the Index Matrix is sourced from Ken French at Dartmouth College. Any errors in the presentation of this data is the sole responsibility of InteractFA.
