The following table compares the returns on a $10,000 investment in 1971 in the Foolish Four with a similar investment spread across the entire Dow. The return figures include dividends but exclude commissions and taxes.

Year   Foolish   $10,000  Cumulative  Dow 30    $10,000  Cumulative
        Four                Return                         Return
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1971   22.98%      $12,298      23%      9.06%    $10,906      9%
1972   17.58%      $14,460      45%     16.70%    $12,727     27%
1973   32.09%      $19,100      91%    -10.86%    $11,345     13%
1974    2.67%      $19,610      96%    -16.91%     $9,427     -6%
1975   82.20%      $35,730     257%     44.24%    $13,597     36%
1976   53.23%      $54,749     447%     31.28%    $17,850     79%
1977    1.98%      $55,833     458%    -13.44%    $15,451     55%
1978    8.12%      $60,366     504%      2.52%    $15,840     58%
1979    5.43%      $63,644     536%     11.34%    $17,637     76%
1980   46.63%      $93,321     833%     25.31%    $22,101    121%
1981   -1.56%      $91,866     819%     -3.26%    $21,380    114%
1982   47.88%     $135,851    1259%     19.59%    $25,569    156%
1983   35.20%     $183,671    1737%     35.63%    $34,679    247%
1984    7.40%     $197,262    1873%      0.51%    $34,855    249%
1985   38.20%     $272,616    2626%     29.77%    $45,232    352%
1986   28.43%     $350,121    3401%     21.69%    $55,043    450%
1987    2.28%     $358,104    3481%     11.96%    $61,626    516%
1988   14.46%     $409,886    3999%     14.64%    $70,648    606%
1989    9.04%     $446,939    4369%     31.97%    $93,234    832%
1990  -15.06%     $379,630    3696%     -9.17%    $84,684    747%
1991   89.34%     $718,792    7088%     31.48%   $111,343   1013%
1992   28.77%     $925,588    9156%     10.96%   $123,546   1135%
1993   37.80%   $1,275,461   12655%     17.96%   $145,735   1357%
1994   -6.70%   $1,190,005   11800%      3.73%   $151,171   1412%
1995   37.61%   $1,637,566   16276%     36.66%   $206,590   1966%
1996   30.47%   $2,136,532   21265%     24.34%   $256,875   2469%

Compound Annual Growth Rates from 1971-1996:

Foolish Four     22.91%
Dow 30 w/Div.    13.30%