What if · since 2016 · S&P 500
What if I invested $1,000 every week in S&P 500 since 2016?
Historical result of $1,000 weekly S&P 500 DCA starting 2016 — contributions, portfolio value, and SteadyGrow adaptive comparison.
2016-01-01 → 2026-08-28
$1000/week · Weekly DCA · S&P 500
Contributed$557,000
Blind DCA value$1,357,367
Return+143.7%
SteadyGrow value$1,672,603
vs blind DCA+$315,236
Lump sum (same capital)$2,490,884
S&P 5002016-01-01 → 2026-08-28 · $1000/week
+$315,236 vs blind (+23.2%)Ended +23.2%
Blind DCASteadyGrow
What if your contribution wasn't always the same?
Blind DCA deploys $1000/week every period. SteadyGrow keeps the same long-term habit but sizes weeks from valuation and regime — more when markets are cheap, less when they're stretched.