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  "id": 17345530,
  "title": "History Says No 20-Year Stretch in the S&P 500 Has Lost Money Since 1950. Here's What the Worst One Returned.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/history-says-no-20-year-stretch-in-the-s-p-500-has-lost-money-since-17345530",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-31T04:58:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nasdaq Markets",
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    "url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/history-says-no-20-year-stretch-sp-500-has-lost-money-1950-heres-what-worst-one-returned"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Key PointsUsing month-end closes from 1950 through September 2026, none of the S&P 500's 681 completed 20-year stretches finished lower.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Motley Fool",
        "title": "History Says No 20-Year Stretch in the S&P 500 Has Lost Money Since 1950. Here's What the Worst One Returned.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/history-says-no-20-year-stretch-in-the-s-p-500-has-lost-money-since",
        "published": "2026-10-31T04:38:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}