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$7,725
Advanced Micro Devices AMD$35,735
Alphabet GOOGL$6,230
Amazon AMZN$12,147
Amgen AMGN$3,285
Apple AAPL$9,321
Applied Materials AMAT$11,879
ARK Innovation ETF ARKK$2,304
AT&T T$1,137
Bank of America BAC$2,964
Barrick Gold GOLD$1,111
Berkshire Hathaway BRK-A$3,137
Biogen BIIB$743
Boeing BA$1,613
Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY$1,177
Broadcom AVGO$25,294
Chevron CVX$1,951
Cisco Systems CSCO$2,766
Citigroup C$1,635
Clorox CLX$2,023
CME Group CME$4,407
Coca-Cola KO$2,087
Coinbase Global COIN$4,643
Colgate-Palmolive CL$1,743
Costco COST$7,857
CSX CSX$4,185
Exxon Mobil XOM$1,750
Ford Motor Company F$1,203
Freeport-McMoRan FCX$1,598
General Electric GE$1,499
General Motors GM$1,691
Genuine Parts GPC$2,374
Gilead Sciences GILD$1,131
Goldman Sachs GS$3,273
Home Depot HD$5,316
Intel INTC$1,506
Intercontinental Exchange ICE$3,521
Invesco Hi Yd Dividend Achievers ETF PEY$2,435
Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ$5,309
iShares Semiconductor ETF SOXX$9,120
Johnson & Johnson JNJ$1,943
JPMorgan Chase JPM$4,523
Lam Research LRCX$17,720
Lowe's LOW$5,979
Marvell Technology MRVL$4,707
Mastercard MA$6,377
McDonald's MCD$3,500
Merck & Co MRK$3,119
Meta Platforms META$7,396
Micron Technology MU$4,379
Microsoft MSFT$11,627
Moderna MRNA$1,304
Morgan Stanley MS$3,878
Netflix NFLX$12,284
Nike NKE$2,828
NVDIA NVDA$196,085
PayPal PYPL$13,864
PepsiCo PEP$2,724
Pfizer PFE$1,362
ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF NOBL$2,666
ProShares UltraPro QQQ TQQQ$21,959
Protor & Gamble PG$2,641
Regeneron REGN$3,158
Roku ROKU$134
salesforce.com CRM$5,275
Shopify SHOP$990
Snowflake SNOW$1,542
SPDR S&P 500 ETF SPY$3,212
Spotify SPOT$1,229
Starbucks SBUX$2,555
Target TGT$3,400
Teladoc Health TDOC$203
Tesla TSLA$12,988
Texas Instruments TXN$5,029
TJX Companies TJX$3,746
Ulta Beauty ULTA$4,530
Union Pacific UNP$3,107
Unity Software U$132
VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF SMH$10,683
Verizon VZ$1,366
Visa V$5,665
Wal-Mart WMT$2,771
Walt Disney Co DIS$1,546
Wells Fargo WFC$1,609
Zoom ZM$1,498
Current value results use monthly closing prices adjusted for splits
and dividends from Alpha Vantage as of May-02-2024.

*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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