Historical Annual Returns for the S&P 500 Index - Updated Through 2014

2014 was another solid year for most U.S. stock market indexes, particularly so for indexes of large cap stocks, such as the S&P 500 Index.   The S&P 500 Index experienced a total return
of about 13.69%.   The market was largely driven higher
as a result of  improving economic conditions in the United States, the Federal Reserve's continued QE3 U.S. Dollar pumping, and a strengthening U.S.