The Annual Rate of Return on Any Given Stock Can

The annual rate of return on any given stock can be found as the stock's dividend for the year plus the change in the stock's price during the year,divided by its beginning-of-year price.If you obtain such data on a large portfolio of stocks,like those in the S&P 500,find the rate of return on each stock,and then average those returns,this would give you an idea of stock market returns for the year in question.