Question $3$

The S&P $500$ index acts as a benchmark of the performance of the US Stock Market

overall. According to your Week $2$ readings, what is the approximate historical

annualized return as a $\%$ for the stock market since its inception in $1957,$ not

adjusted for inflation? The stock market has been around longer than that, but we are

talking about when it adopted $500$ companies in $1957.$

$23\mathrm{.}6$

$5\mathrm{.}7\%$

$11\mathrm{.}8\%$

$10\mathrm{.}26\%$