Best Investments Since 2005: What $1,000 Became Today
Of 60 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in NVIDIA at the start of 2005 did best: it would be worth $1,266,944 today (1267x). The weakest was Citigroup at $443.99. 27 of 60 beat the S&P 500 ($9,564).
$1,000 at the start of 2005, worth today
Stocks and the S&P 500 row include reinvested dividends.
| # | Investment | Worth today | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA | $1,266,944 | 1267x |
| 2 | Netflix | $413,088 | 413x |
| 3 | Apple | $347,684 | 348x |
| 4 | Booking Holdings | $174,914 | 175x |
| 5 | ASML | $124,018 | 124x |
| 6 | TSMC | $119,131 | 119x |
| 7 | Amazon | $110,812 | 111x |
| 8 | $67,348 | 67.3x | |
| 9 | Salesforce | $55,423 | 55.4x |
| 10 | Eli Lilly | $38,878 | 38.9x |
| 11 | Caterpillar | $29,419 | 29.4x |
| 12 | Costco | $28,821 | 28.8x |
| 13 | AMD | $28,367 | 28.4x |
| 14 | Microsoft | $27,768 | 27.8x |
| 15 | MicroStrategy | $26,306 | 26.3x |
| 16 | Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) | $25,422 | 25.4x |
| 17 | Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ) | $21,984 | 22.0x |
| 18 | Texas Instruments | $19,054 | 19.1x |
| 19 | JPMorgan | $15,047 | 15.0x |
| 20 | Intuit | $14,196 | 14.2x |
| 21 | McDonald's | $13,263 | 13.3x |
| 22 | Oracle | $12,978 | 13.0x |
| 23 | GameStop | $12,975 | 13.0x |
| 24 | Goldman Sachs | $12,248 | 12.2x |
| 25 | Home Depot | $11,411 | 11.4x |
| 26 | UnitedHealth | $11,314 | 11.3x |
| 27 | Merck | $10,863 | 10.9x |
| 28 | Gold | $9,658 | 9.66x |
| 29 | S&P 500 (index fund) | $9,564 | 9.56x |
| 30 | Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) | $9,443 | 9.44x |
| 31 | S&P 500 ETF (SPY) | $9,442 | 9.44x |
| 32 | Lowe's | $9,260 | 9.26x |
| 33 | Walmart | $9,185 | 9.19x |
| 34 | Chevron | $9,163 | 9.16x |
| 35 | Gold ETF (GLD) | $8,891 | 8.89x |
| 36 | Intel | $8,707 | 8.71x |
| 37 | Berkshire Hathaway | $8,672 | 8.67x |
| 38 | Cisco | $8,650 | 8.65x |
| 39 | Starbucks | $8,524 | 8.52x |
| 40 | Coca-Cola | $8,041 | 8.04x |
| 41 | Johnson & Johnson | $7,861 | 7.86x |
| 42 | Dow Jones ETF (DIA) | $7,700 | 7.70x |
| 43 | Adobe | $7,533 | 7.53x |
| 44 | Qualcomm | $7,098 | 7.10x |
| 45 | ExxonMobil | $6,620 | 6.62x |
| 46 | Morgan Stanley | $6,616 | 6.62x |
| 47 | Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) | $5,815 | 5.82x |
| 48 | Boeing | $5,258 | 5.26x |
| 49 | Target | $5,089 | 5.09x |
| 50 | Procter & Gamble | $4,906 | 4.91x |
| 51 | Disney | $4,793 | 4.79x |
| 52 | Wells Fargo | $4,723 | 4.72x |
| 53 | PepsiCo | $4,624 | 4.62x |
| 54 | IBM | $4,511 | 4.51x |
| 55 | Nike | $4,242 | 4.24x |
| 56 | Verizon | $3,854 | 3.85x |
| 57 | Sony | $3,565 | 3.56x |
| 58 | Comcast | $3,169 | 3.17x |
| 59 | Pfizer | $2,899 | 2.90x |
| 60 | Bank of America | $1,925 | 1.92x |
| 61 | Ford | $1,812 | 1.81x |
| 62 | Citigroup | $443.99 | 0.44x |
During 2005 alone
- 1Apple+136%
- 2Netflix+118%
- 3Google+115%
- 4Salesforce+106%
- 5NVIDIA+61%
- 6AMD+51%
- 7GameStop+50%
- 8MicroStrategy+49%
- 9UnitedHealth+43%
- 10Boeing+40%
- 11Texas Instruments+38%
- 12TSMC+31%
- 13ASML+30%
- 14Intuit+26%
- 15Adobe+25%
- 16Goldman Sachs+24%
- 17Caterpillar+24%
- 18Gold ETF (GLD)+23%
- 19Chevron+20%
- 20ExxonMobil+19%
- 21Gold+18%
- 22PepsiCo+17%
- 23Lowe's+16%
- 24Intel+12%
- 25Merck+10%
- 26Sony+8.8%
- 27Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)+8.7%
- 28Procter & Gamble+8.6%
- 29Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)+7.9%
- 30McDonald's+7.5%
- 31S&P 500 ETF (SPY)+7.2%
- 32Amazon+6.7%
- 33JPMorgan+6.6%
- 34Wells Fargo+6.5%
- 35Morgan Stanley+6.4%
- 36Target+6.4%
- 37Citigroup+6.1%
- 38Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)+6%
- 39Bank of America+5.7%
- 40Costco+5.2%
- 41Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)+4.9%
- 42S&P 500 (index fund)+4.9%
- 43Qualcomm+4.9%
- 44Eli Lilly+4.9%
- 45Dow Jones ETF (DIA)+3.1%
- 46Berkshire Hathaway+2.3%
- 47Microsoft+1.6%
- 48Coca-Cola+1%
- 49Starbucks+1%
- 50Johnson & Johnson−0.1%
- 51Home Depot−3.4%
- 52Booking Holdings−4.4%
- 53Nike−4.6%
- 54Oracle−6.1%
- 55Pfizer−7.3%
- 56Cisco−9.7%
- 57Disney−11%
- 58Walmart−12%
- 59IBM−15%
- 60Comcast−20%
- 61Verizon−21%
- 62Ford−45%
Start-of-year prices; current prices refresh hourly. Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.