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
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Adobe Systems ADBE$7,664
Advanced Micro Devices AMD$31,545
Alphabet GOOGL$4,619
Amazon AMZN$6,914
Amgen AMGN$2,974
Apple AAPL$10,700
Applied Materials AMAT$10,212
ARK Innovation ETF ARKK$2,086
AT&T T$1,204
Bank of America BAC$3,253
Barrick Gold GOLD$649
Berkshire Hathaway BRK-A$2,986
Biogen BIIB$1,395
Boeing BA$2,903
Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY$2,239
Broadcom AVGO$21,483
Chevron CVX$2,070
Cisco Systems CSCO$3,173
Citigroup C$1,416
Clorox CLX$2,318
CME Group CME$4,557
Coca-Cola KO$2,008
Coinbase Global COIN$269
Colgate-Palmolive CL$1,573
Costco COST$5,564
CSX CSX$4,509
Exxon Mobil XOM$1,892
Ford Motor Company F$1,441
Freeport-McMoRan FCX$1,552
General Electric GE$754
General Motors GM$1,850
Genuine Parts GPC$2,901
Gilead Sciences GILD$2,108
Goldman Sachs GS$2,818
Home Depot HD$5,225
Intel INTC$1,620
Intercontinental Exchange ICE$3,540
Invesco Hi Yd Dividend Achievers ETF PEY$2,840
Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ$4,661
iShares Semiconductor ETF SOXX$7,864
Johnson & Johnson JNJ$2,452
JPMorgan Chase JPM$3,925
Lam Research LRCX$13,461
Lowe's LOW$6,116
Marvell Technology MRVL$4,958
Mastercard MA$6,976
McDonald's MCD$3,522
Merck & Co MRK$3,451
Meta Platforms META$6,822
Micron Technology MU$5,715
Microsoft MSFT$10,584
Moderna MRNA$8,304
Morgan Stanley MS$5,449
Netflix NFLX$11,534
Nike NKE$4,510
NVDIA NVDA$78,200
PayPal PYPL$2,117
PepsiCo PEP$2,918
Pfizer PFE$2,125
ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF NOBL$2,538
ProShares UltraPro QQQ TQQQ$17,546
Protor & Gamble PG$2,433
Regeneron REGN$4,358
Roku ROKU$3,141
salesforce.com CRM$4,173
Shopify SHOP$12,129
Snowflake SNOW$541
SPDR S&P 500 ETF SPY$3,046
Spotify SPOT$751
Starbucks SBUX$4,319
Target TGT$3,195
Teladoc Health TDOC$988
Tesla TSLA$75,574
Texas Instruments TXN$6,406
TJX Companies TJX$3,749
Ulta Beauty ULTA$6,410
Union Pacific UNP$3,680
Unity Software U$310
VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF SMH$7,729
Verizon VZ$1,237
Visa V$5,530
Wal-Mart WMT$2,328
Walt Disney Co DIS$1,915
Wells Fargo WFC$1,648
Zoom ZM$885
Current value results use monthly closing prices adjusted for splits
and dividends from Alpha Vantage as of Mar-02-2023.

*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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