You become a business owner when you invest in stocks, so naturally you are interested in the profitability of your businesses. This chart demonstrates how S&P500 corporations have overcome tremendous economic challenges. They grew by creating new products, inventing more efficient technologies, and developing new markets.
Although profits cycle up and down, over the long run these resilient companies have managed to improve their average profit margins for decades!
“It’s crazy that despite the pandemic, supply chain shocks, 9% inflation, rising rates and now tariffs that corporations have still been able to increase profit margins this decade.” ~ Ben Carson
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