Making Money with Stocks (Sorted by Current Value)


Here is a table of sorted current values (highest to lowest) of a $1,000 investment made 10 years ago for 85 stocks. 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
(A_Z)

NVDIA NVDA$212,924
Advanced Micro Devices AMD$45,720
Broadcom AVGO$27,185
ProShares UltraPro QQQ TQQQ$24,901
Lam Research LRCX$20,622
PayPal PYPL$13,461
Tesla TSLA$12,608
Microsoft MSFT$12,230
Netflix NFLX$12,215
Applied Materials AMAT$11,694
VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF SMH$11,247
Amazon AMZN$10,760
Apple AAPL$10,070
iShares Semiconductor ETF SOXX$9,666
Meta Platforms META$8,165
Costco COST$8,001
Adobe Systems ADBE$7,637
Mastercard MA$6,811
Lowe's LOW$6,090
Home Depot HD$5,859
Alphabet GOOGL$5,563
Visa V$5,529
Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ$5,515
Ulta Beauty ULTA$5,429
Micron Technology MU$5,349
salesforce.com CRM$5,301
Marvell Technology MRVL$5,199
Coinbase Global COIN$5,114
Texas Instruments TXN$4,805
CSX CSX$4,466
JPMorgan Chase JPM$4,330
CME Group CME$4,282
Intercontinental Exchange ICE$3,941
Target TGT$3,902
Morgan Stanley MS$3,862
TJX Companies TJX$3,775
McDonald's MCD$3,712
Berkshire Hathaway BRK-A$3,384
SPDR S&P 500 ETF SPY$3,344
Merck & Co MRK$3,285
Regeneron REGN$3,228
Union Pacific UNP$3,227
Goldman Sachs GS$3,052
Cisco Systems CSCO$3,050
Amgen AMGN$3,026
Starbucks SBUX$3,004
Wal-Mart WMT$2,904
Nike NKE$2,798
ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF NOBL$2,791
PepsiCo PEP$2,762
Protor & Gamble PG$2,655
Bank of America BAC$2,655
ARK Innovation ETF ARKK$2,525
Invesco Hi Yd Dividend Achievers ETF PEY$2,504
Genuine Parts GPC$2,350
Intel INTC$2,273
Clorox CLX$2,263
Coca-Cola KO$2,155
Johnson & Johnson JNJ$2,109
Chevron CVX$2,038
Exxon Mobil XOM$1,847
Boeing BA$1,757
Colgate-Palmolive CL$1,733
General Motors GM$1,721
Citigroup C$1,697
Walt Disney Co DIS$1,654
Freeport-McMoRan FCX$1,622
Snowflake SNOW$1,569
Wells Fargo WFC$1,546
Zoom ZM$1,544
Verizon VZ$1,450
Gilead Sciences GILD$1,398
Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY$1,370
General Electric GE$1,337
Ford Motor Company F$1,335
Pfizer PFE$1,327
AT&T T$1,200
Spotify SPOT$1,113
Barrick Gold GOLD$1,109
Moderna MRNA$1,097
Shopify SHOP$1,076
Biogen BIIB$702
Teladoc Health TDOC$232
Unity Software U$145
Roku ROKU$143
Current value results use monthly closing prices adjusted for splits
and dividends from Alpha Vantage as of Apr-01-2024.

*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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