Making Money with Stocks


Here is a table of current values of a $1,000 investment made 10 years ago for 85 stocks listed in alphabetical order. Some stocks turned the $1,000 investment into huge profits. Other stocks produced more modest returns or lost money.

Making Money with 85 Stocks

Stock & Return

Symbol
& Snapshot

Current Value
(Sort)

Adobe Systems ADBE$6,066
Advanced Micro Devices AMD$45,179
Alphabet GOOGL$7,165
Amazon AMZN$14,191
Amgen AMGN$2,164
Apple AAPL$9,920
Applied Materials AMAT$7,464
ARK Innovation ETF ARKK$3,120
AT&T T$1,644
Bank of America BAC$3,048
Barrick Gold GOLD$1,754
Berkshire Hathaway BRK-A$2,988
Biogen BIIB$441
Boeing BA$1,512
Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY$1,305
Broadcom AVGO$29,840
Chevron CVX$2,002
Cisco Systems CSCO$2,905
Citigroup C$1,690
Clorox CLX$2,041
CME Group CME$3,926
Coca-Cola KO$2,012
Coinbase Global COIN$5,334
Colgate-Palmolive CL$1,651
Costco COST$7,918
CSX CSX$3,108
Exxon Mobil XOM$1,796
Ford Motor Company F$992
Freeport-McMoRan FCX$1,804
General Electric GE$1,619
General Motors GM$1,885
Genuine Parts GPC$1,446
Gilead Sciences GILD$1,364
Goldman Sachs GS$3,614
Home Depot HD$4,674
Intel INTC$726
Intercontinental Exchange ICE$3,872
Invesco Hi Yd Dividend Achievers ETF PEY$2,360
Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ$5,348
iShares Semiconductor ETF SOXX$7,810
Johnson & Johnson JNJ$1,814
JPMorgan Chase JPM$5,055
Lam Research LRCX$10,551
Lowe's LOW$4,292
Marvell Technology MRVL$8,675
Mastercard MA$6,446
McDonald's MCD$4,025
Merck & Co MRK$2,482
Meta Platforms META$7,709
Micron Technology MU$2,548
Microsoft MSFT$10,494
Moderna MRNA$438
Morgan Stanley MS$4,209
Netflix NFLX$18,170
Nike NKE$1,718
NVDIA NVDA$287,367
PayPal PYPL$178,426
PepsiCo PEP$2,124
Pfizer PFE$1,337
ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF NOBL$2,434
ProShares UltraPro QQQ TQQQ$20,131
Protor & Gamble PG$2,415
Regeneron REGN$1,743
Roku ROKU$166
salesforce.com CRM$5,606
Shopify SHOP$1,486
Snowflake SNOW$1,539
SPDR S&P 500 ETF SPY$3,388
Spotify SPOT$1,931
Starbucks SBUX$2,728
Target TGT$2,397
Teladoc Health TDOC$152
Tesla TSLA$25,579
Texas Instruments TXN$4,576
TJX Companies TJX$4,062
Ulta Beauty ULTA$3,357
Union Pacific UNP$2,400
Unity Software U$136
VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF SMH$10,015
Verizon VZ$1,423
Visa V$5,143
Wal-Mart WMT$3,839
Walt Disney Co DIS$1,277
Wells Fargo WFC$1,706
Zoom ZM$1,983
Current value results use monthly closing prices adjusted for splits
and dividends from Alpha Vantage as of Jan-03-2025.

*Note: If a stock has less than 10 years of price data, the current value is based on all years of price data from Alpha Vantage. Values are based on the most recent monthy closing prices from Alpha Vantage. Prices are adjusted for splits and dividends. The Return Details table uses the most recent monthly closes.

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