sandp 500 quarterly returns 1987 to 2022

The S&P 500 (GSPC) had its best quarter between 1987 and 2022 in Q4 1998, returning 20.9%.

ASSETQUARTER% RETURN
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q1 1987
20.45%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q2 1987
4.26%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q3 1987
5.87%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q4 1987
-23.23%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q1 1988
4.77%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q2 1988
5.64%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q3 1988
-0.58%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q4 1988
2.14%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q1 1989
6.18%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q2 1989
7.84%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q3 1989
9.8%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q4 1989
1.22%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q1 1990
-3.81%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q2 1990
5.32%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q3 1990
-14.52%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q4 1990
7.88%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q1 1991
13.63%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q2 1991
-1.08%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q3 1991
4.49%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q4 1991
7.54%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q1 1992
-3.2%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q2 1992
1.11%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q3 1992
2.35%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q4 1992
4.29%
the S&P 500 (GSPC)
Q1 1993
3.67%