Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton wrote in their book Triumph of the Optimists that of 15 countries that have advanced economies today, the US stock market ranked fourth in its rate of return between 1900 and 2000, behind Australia, Sweden, and South Africa. The geometric average real return of the US stock market was 6.7%, but the median geometric real return for the other countries was only 4.7%.
美国拥有二十世纪世界上最为成功的股票市场。Elroy Dimson、Paul Marsh和Mike Staunton在他们的著作《乐观主义者的成功》中写道，在当今15个经济发达国家中，美国股票市场在1900年至2000年间的回报率排名位于澳大利亚、瑞典和南非之后，名列第四。美国股票市场的几何平均实际回报率在6.7%，但是其他国家的平均只有4.7%。