The Index Investing Returns Calculator is an index investing simulator and investment calculator that empowers retail investors to simulate long-term index investing strategies. The aim of our investing calculator is to enable investors to test different strategies and hypotheses using historical stock market prices to determine which strategy allows you to be successful investing with index funds.
Using our free Index Investing Returns Calculator allows you to test different index investing approaches using different stock market indices. Furthermore, you can compare the performances of different stock markets against one another, from the perspective of an investor. Supported Stock Market Indexes include the Dow Jones, S&P 500, NASDAQ, CAC, FTSE, DAX, Nikkei, KOPSI, TSX, Bovespa, All Ordinaries, and the Hang Seng.
The Index Investing Returns Calculator plots performance over any time period selected for any strategy selected. Any simulated investing strategies are compared with control returns for an indiscriminate investor in the same index over the same period of time, as well as the total savings of a non-investor. This is inteded to reinforce why investing in stocks long term is important and the impact it can make on a successful retirement plan.
Pick up to 3 stock market investing strategies. In each strategy you can buy a certain percentage below multi-year highs and sell a certain percentage over your last buy point. Furthermore you can run this comparison for any of our 12 available stock market indexes over any period of time.
Upon completing your investing simulation, easily visualize your performances relative to the performance of a non-investor and an indiscriminate investor.
See the data and details behind every investment and sale you would have made in the simulation. This includes your return on investment, sale amount, price invested, multiyear highs, and more!