The data in this directory are taken from:

    Stocks, bonds, bills, and inflation 2000 Yearbook
    Ibbotson Associates, Inc.

The files correspond to:

  Table A-1.  Large Company Stocks: Total Returns
  Table A-2.  Large Company Stocks: Income Returns
  Table A-4.  Small Company Stocks: Total Returns
  Table A-5.  Long-Term Corporate Bonds: Total Returns
  Table A-6.  Long-Term Government Bonds: Total Returns
  Table A-9.  Long-Term Government Bonds: Yields 
  Table A-10. Intermediate Government Bonds: Total Returns
  Table A-13. Intermediate Government Bonds: Yields 
  Table A-14. U.S. Treasury Bills: Total Returns 
  Table A-15. Inflation


The layout in each file is as follows:

  Column 1 in each file is the year.
  Columns 2-13 contain returns for the 12 months.
  Column 14 contains compoun annual returns.


Notes:

  1. Total returns include reinvestment of dividends.
  2. Large companies are those in the S&P 500.
  3. Long-term bonds have maturity near 20 years.
  4. Long-term corporate bond returns are represented 
     by the Salomon Brothers long-term, high-grade 
     corporate bond total return index.
  5. Intermediate-term government bonds have maturity 
     near 5 years.
  6. U.S. Treasury bills have 1 month maturity.
  7. Inflation is change in consumer prices.