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$7,845
Advanced Micro Devices AMD$39,214
Alphabet GOOGL$6,343
Amazon AMZN$12,316
Amgen AMGN$3,468
Apple AAPL$10,719
Applied Materials AMAT$12,180
ARK Innovation ETF ARKK$2,303
AT&T T$1,285
Bank of America BAC$3,258
Barrick Gold GOLD$1,067
Berkshire Hathaway BRK-A$3,215
Biogen BIIB$725
Boeing BA$1,687
Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY$1,125
Broadcom AVGO$29,801
Chevron CVX$1,832
Cisco Systems CSCO$2,599
Citigroup C$1,763
Clorox CLX$1,920
CME Group CME$4,149
Coca-Cola KO$2,048
Coinbase Global COIN$4,651
Colgate-Palmolive CL$1,780
Costco COST$9,232
CSX CSX$3,847
Exxon Mobil XOM$1,751
Ford Motor Company F$1,175
Freeport-McMoRan FCX$1,502
General Electric GE$1,510
General Motors GM$1,679
Genuine Parts GPC$2,049
Gilead Sciences GILD$1,135
Goldman Sachs GS$3,372
Home Depot HD$5,218
Intel INTC$1,319
Intercontinental Exchange ICE$4,241
Invesco Hi Yd Dividend Achievers ETF PEY$2,286
Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ$5,629
iShares Semiconductor ETF SOXX$9,751
Johnson & Johnson JNJ$1,835
JPMorgan Chase JPM$4,788
Lam Research LRCX$18,322
Lowe's LOW$5,324
Marvell Technology MRVL$5,572
Mastercard MA$6,435
McDonald's MCD$3,189
Merck & Co MRK$3,139
Meta Platforms META$7,587
Micron Technology MU$4,097
Microsoft MSFT$12,938
Moderna MRNA$1,218
Morgan Stanley MS$3,990
Netflix NFLX$10,796
Nike NKE$2,191
NVDIA NVDA$277,974
PayPal PYPL$122,091
PepsiCo PEP$2,443
Pfizer PFE$1,450
ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF NOBL$2,554
ProShares UltraPro QQQ TQQQ$25,639
Protor & Gamble PG$2,775
Regeneron REGN$3,698
Roku ROKU$137
salesforce.com CRM$4,416
Shopify SHOP$909
Snowflake SNOW$1,387
SPDR S&P 500 ETF SPY$3,354
Spotify SPOT$1,323
Starbucks SBUX$2,400
Target TGT$3,329
Teladoc Health TDOC$147
Tesla TSLA$14,450
Texas Instruments TXN$5,436
TJX Companies TJX$4,765
Ulta Beauty ULTA$4,299
Union Pacific UNP$2,816
Unity Software U$88
VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF SMH$11,989
Verizon VZ$1,377
Visa V$5,460
Wal-Mart WMT$3,345
Walt Disney Co DIS$1,245
Wells Fargo WFC$1,546
Zoom ZM$1,399
Current value results use monthly closing prices adjusted for splits
and dividends from Alpha Vantage as of Jul-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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