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What if I invested?

Pick a stock. Pick a date. See what your money could be worth today.

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If you had invested amount$ in on …

Today you'd have

Hypothetical lump-sum purchase of fractional shares at the closing price. Excludes taxes, fees and inflation. Dividends not included. Past performance doesn't predict future results.

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Fascinating historical investments

Biggest historical winners

Best 10-year compounding

Ranked by 10-year price CAGR among the 20 well-known stocks and ETFs we track on this page — a fixed list chosen in advance, so the ranking includes laggards too.

  1. 1NVDANVIDIA Corporation+63.55%/yr
  2. 2AMDAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.+56.66%/yr
  3. 3TSLATesla, Inc.+39.84%/yr
  4. 4AAPLApple Inc.+27.79%/yr
  5. 5MSFTMicrosoft Corporation+24.88%/yr
  6. 6GOOGLAlphabet Inc.+24.07%/yr
  7. 7NFLXNetflix, Inc.+21.14%/yr
  8. 8QQQInvesco QQQ Trust+20.22%/yr
  9. 9AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.+20.09%/yr
  10. 10METAMeta Platforms, Inc.+18.63%/yr
  11. 11CSCOCisco Systems, Inc.+14.17%/yr
  12. 12SONYSony Group Corporation+13.94%/yr
  13. 13SPYSPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust+13.68%/yr
  14. 14BRK.BBerkshire Hathaway Inc.+13.52%/yr
  15. 15INTCIntel Corporation+10.67%/yr
  16. 16CCitigroup Inc.+10.10%/yr
  17. 17GMGeneral Motors Company+9.92%/yr
  18. 18KOThe Coca-Cola Company+7.76%/yr
  19. 19SBUXStarbucks Corporation+5.47%/yr
  20. 20FFord Motor Company+0.04%/yr

$1,000 invested 10 years ago, price return. Survivorship note: companies that went bankrupt or were delisted can't appear in lists like this.

Not every investment wins

Hindsight cuts both ways

Even famous companies can lose money for years if you buy at the wrong moment.

What If I Invested? — the stock market time machine