Charted: How the S&P 500 Generated Fantastic Returns in a Tough Year
2020 was a bad year, but not for the stock market. In fact, the S&P 500 index ended the year at an all-time record high. But that doesn’t mean there weren’t challenges along the way, as our latest visualization shows. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The S&P 500 index provided a V-shaped performance throughout 2020, opening the year at 3,258 before collapsing to 2,237 on March 23 and then rising to an all-time record of 3,756 on December 31.2020 also saw the S&P 500 set a record for the fastest bear market, including the third worst one-day decline ever on March 16.April 2020 w...