Best Investments Since 2006: What $1,000 Became Today
Of 62 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in NVIDIA at the start of 2006 did best: it would be worth $783,483 today (783x). The weakest was Citigroup at $418.25. 29 of 62 beat the S&P 500 ($9,112).
$1,000 at the start of 2006, worth today
Stocks and the S&P 500 row include reinvested dividends.
| # | Investment | Worth today | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA | $783,483 | 783x |
| 2 | Netflix | $190,000 | 190x |
| 3 | Booking Holdings | $183,187 | 183x |
| 4 | Apple | $147,054 | 147x |
| 5 | Mastercard | $135,482 | 135x |
| 6 | Amazon | $103,643 | 104x |
| 7 | ASML | $95,591 | 95.6x |
| 8 | TSMC | $90,764 | 90.8x |
| 9 | Eli Lilly | $37,078 | 37.1x |
| 10 | Chipotle | $36,227 | 36.2x |
| 11 | $31,349 | 31.3x | |
| 12 | Costco | $27,379 | 27.4x |
| 13 | Microsoft | $27,217 | 27.2x |
| 14 | Salesforce | $26,824 | 26.8x |
| 15 | Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) | $23,944 | 23.9x |
| 16 | Caterpillar | $23,781 | 23.8x |
| 17 | Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ) | $20,940 | 20.9x |
| 18 | AMD | $18,752 | 18.8x |
| 19 | MicroStrategy | $17,776 | 17.8x |
| 20 | JPMorgan | $14,104 | 14.1x |
| 21 | Texas Instruments | $13,788 | 13.8x |
| 22 | Oracle | $13,779 | 13.8x |
| 23 | McDonald's | $12,334 | 12.3x |
| 24 | Home Depot | $11,771 | 11.8x |
| 25 | Intuit | $11,338 | 11.3x |
| 26 | Walmart | $10,460 | 10.5x |
| 27 | Goldman Sachs | $9,905 | 9.91x |
| 28 | Merck | $9,873 | 9.87x |
| 29 | Cisco | $9,557 | 9.56x |
| 30 | S&P 500 (index fund) | $9,112 | 9.11x |
| 31 | S&P 500 ETF (SPY) | $8,805 | 8.81x |
| 32 | GameStop | $8,738 | 8.74x |
| 33 | Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) | $8,689 | 8.69x |
| 34 | Berkshire Hathaway | $8,471 | 8.47x |
| 35 | Starbucks | $8,430 | 8.43x |
| 36 | Gold | $8,216 | 8.22x |
| 37 | UnitedHealth | $7,967 | 7.97x |
| 38 | Lowe's | $7,965 | 7.97x |
| 39 | Coca-Cola | $7,952 | 7.95x |
| 40 | Johnson & Johnson | $7,879 | 7.88x |
| 41 | Intel | $7,739 | 7.74x |
| 42 | Chevron | $7,663 | 7.66x |
| 43 | Dow Jones ETF (DIA) | $7,471 | 7.47x |
| 44 | Gold ETF (GLD) | $7,208 | 7.21x |
| 45 | Qualcomm | $6,717 | 6.72x |
| 46 | Morgan Stanley | $6,216 | 6.22x |
| 47 | Adobe | $6,053 | 6.05x |
| 48 | ExxonMobil | $5,556 | 5.56x |
| 49 | Disney | $5,431 | 5.43x |
| 50 | Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) | $5,390 | 5.39x |
| 51 | IBM | $5,302 | 5.30x |
| 52 | Verizon | $4,892 | 4.89x |
| 53 | Target | $4,785 | 4.79x |
| 54 | Procter & Gamble | $4,518 | 4.52x |
| 55 | Nike | $4,452 | 4.45x |
| 56 | Wells Fargo | $4,429 | 4.43x |
| 57 | Comcast | $3,983 | 3.98x |
| 58 | PepsiCo | $3,945 | 3.95x |
| 59 | Boeing | $3,745 | 3.74x |
| 60 | Sony | $3,272 | 3.27x |
| 61 | Ford | $3,266 | 3.27x |
| 62 | Pfizer | $3,135 | 3.13x |
| 63 | Bank of America | $1,821 | 1.82x |
| 64 | Citigroup | $418.25 | 0.42x |
During 2006 alone
- 1Mastercard+110%
- 2Booking Holdings+94%
- 3NVIDIA+90%
- 4GameStop+70%
- 5Comcast+63%
- 6Cisco+59%
- 7Goldman Sachs+57%
- 8Morgan Stanley+42%
- 9Disney+41%
- 10Merck+40%
- 11Oracle+39%
- 12Verizon+36%
- 13McDonald's+34%
- 14MicroStrategy+33%
- 15ExxonMobil+29%
- 16Boeing+29%
- 17Chipotle+28%
- 18Gold+25%
- 19JPMorgan+24%
- 20Chevron+24%
- 21Berkshire Hathaway+23%
- 22Coca-Cola+22%
- 23IBM+20%
- 24ASML+19%
- 25Bank of America+18%
- 26Dow Jones ETF (DIA)+17%
- 27Gold ETF (GLD)+17%
- 28TSMC+17%
- 29Citigroup+17%
- 30Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)+16%
- 31S&P 500 (index fund)+16%
- 32Wells Fargo+16%
- 33Pfizer+15%
- 34Nike+14%
- 35Starbucks+14%
- 36Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)+14%
- 37S&P 500 ETF (SPY)+14%
- 38Microsoft+13%
- 39Procter & Gamble+12%
- 40Apple+12%
- 41Johnson & Johnson+10%
- 42Intuit+9.1%
- 43Caterpillar+7.5%
- 44Google+7.4%
- 45Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)+7.1%
- 46PepsiCo+6.9%
- 47Costco+6.9%
- 48Target+5.4%
- 49Salesforce+5.3%
- 50Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)+5%
- 51Walmart+4.4%
- 52Adobe+3.6%
- 53Sony+2.7%
- 54Netflix+2.7%
- 55Home Depot+1.4%
- 56Ford−0.9%
- 57Lowe's−4%
- 58Eli Lilly−6.2%
- 59Texas Instruments−14%
- 60Qualcomm−14%
- 61UnitedHealth−15%
- 62Amazon−18%
- 63Intel−19%
- 64AMD−40%
Start-of-year prices; current prices refresh hourly. Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.