Best Investments Since 2007: What $1,000 Became Today
Of 64 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in NVIDIA at the start of 2007 did best: it would be worth $414,636 today (415x). The weakest was Citigroup at $358.49. 30 of 64 beat the S&P 500 ($7,873).
$1,000 at the start of 2007, worth today
Stocks and the S&P 500 row include reinvested dividends.
| # | Investment | Worth today | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA | $414,636 | 415x |
| 2 | Netflix | $184,803 | 185x |
| 3 | Apple | $131,594 | 132x |
| 4 | Amazon | $127,376 | 127x |
| 5 | Booking Holdings | $94,395 | 94.4x |
| 6 | ASML | $80,040 | 80.0x |
| 7 | TSMC | $77,920 | 77.9x |
| 8 | Mastercard | $64,696 | 64.7x |
| 9 | Super Micro Computer | $46,975 | 47.0x |
| 10 | Eli Lilly | $39,527 | 39.5x |
| 11 | AMD | $31,114 | 31.1x |
| 12 | $29,188 | 29.2x | |
| 13 | Chipotle | $28,421 | 28.4x |
| 14 | Costco | $25,626 | 25.6x |
| 15 | Salesforce | $25,507 | 25.5x |
| 16 | Microsoft | $24,215 | 24.2x |
| 17 | Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) | $22,392 | 22.4x |
| 18 | Caterpillar | $22,098 | 22.1x |
| 19 | Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ) | $19,952 | 20.0x |
| 20 | Texas Instruments | $15,995 | 16.0x |
| 21 | MicroStrategy | $13,324 | 13.3x |
| 22 | Home Depot | $11,650 | 11.7x |
| 23 | JPMorgan | $11,344 | 11.3x |
| 24 | Intuit | $10,327 | 10.3x |
| 25 | Walmart | $10,030 | 10.0x |
| 26 | Oracle | $9,944 | 9.94x |
| 27 | Intel | $9,537 | 9.54x |
| 28 | UnitedHealth | $9,314 | 9.31x |
| 29 | McDonald's | $9,200 | 9.20x |
| 30 | Lowe's | $8,304 | 8.30x |
| 31 | S&P 500 (index fund) | $7,873 | 7.87x |
| 32 | Qualcomm | $7,863 | 7.86x |
| 33 | S&P 500 ETF (SPY) | $7,752 | 7.75x |
| 34 | Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) | $7,635 | 7.64x |
| 35 | Starbucks | $7,390 | 7.39x |
| 36 | Johnson & Johnson | $7,135 | 7.14x |
| 37 | Merck | $7,049 | 7.05x |
| 38 | Lululemon | $6,916 | 6.92x |
| 39 | Berkshire Hathaway | $6,901 | 6.90x |
| 40 | Gold | $6,575 | 6.57x |
| 41 | Coca-Cola | $6,516 | 6.52x |
| 42 | Dow Jones ETF (DIA) | $6,359 | 6.36x |
| 43 | Goldman Sachs | $6,294 | 6.29x |
| 44 | Chevron | $6,170 | 6.17x |
| 45 | Gold ETF (GLD) | $6,141 | 6.14x |
| 46 | Cisco | $6,028 | 6.03x |
| 47 | Adobe | $5,820 | 5.82x |
| 48 | GameStop | $5,088 | 5.09x |
| 49 | Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) | $4,638 | 4.64x |
| 50 | Target | $4,540 | 4.54x |
| 51 | IBM | $4,431 | 4.43x |
| 52 | Morgan Stanley | $4,367 | 4.37x |
| 53 | ExxonMobil | $4,303 | 4.30x |
| 54 | Procter & Gamble | $4,029 | 4.03x |
| 55 | Nike | $3,885 | 3.88x |
| 56 | Wells Fargo | $3,835 | 3.84x |
| 57 | Disney | $3,826 | 3.83x |
| 58 | PepsiCo | $3,692 | 3.69x |
| 59 | Verizon | $3,621 | 3.62x |
| 60 | Ford | $3,300 | 3.30x |
| 61 | Sony | $3,189 | 3.19x |
| 62 | Boeing | $2,913 | 2.91x |
| 63 | Pfizer | $2,727 | 2.73x |
| 64 | Comcast | $2,442 | 2.44x |
| 65 | Bank of America | $1,542 | 1.54x |
| 66 | Citigroup | $358.49 | 0.36x |
During 2007 alone
- 1Booking Holdings+162%
- 2Chipotle+160%
- 3Amazon+148%
- 4Apple+133%
- 5Mastercard+124%
- 6GameStop+120%
- 7Salesforce+67%
- 8Lululemon+60%
- 9Google+47%
- 10NVIDIA+38%
- 11Gold ETF (GLD)+36%
- 12McDonald's+36%
- 13Chevron+35%
- 14Merck+34%
- 15Nike+31%
- 16Gold+31%
- 17Costco+30%
- 18Coca-Cola+29%
- 19Oracle+28%
- 20ExxonMobil+28%
- 21Intel+27%
- 22Sony+27%
- 23Berkshire Hathaway+26%
- 24PepsiCo+23%
- 25ASML+20%
- 26Microsoft+20%
- 27Verizon+19%
- 28Caterpillar+18%
- 29Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)+17%
- 30Procter & Gamble+14%
- 31Texas Instruments+14%
- 32Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)+12%
- 33IBM+9.1%
- 34UnitedHealth+7.9%
- 35Dow Jones ETF (DIA)+7.2%
- 36Intuit+5.5%
- 37S&P 500 (index fund)+5.5%
- 38Adobe+4.5%
- 39S&P 500 ETF (SPY)+4.4%
- 40Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)+4.3%
- 41Goldman Sachs+4.1%
- 42Qualcomm+3.9%
- 43Eli Lilly+3.7%
- 44Johnson & Johnson+1.8%
- 45Walmart+0.5%
- 46Netflix+0%
- 47Boeing−1.4%
- 48Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)−2.9%
- 49Super Micro Computer−3.8%
- 50Cisco−4.3%
- 51Disney−4.6%
- 52Pfizer−8.8%
- 53TSMC−9%
- 54JPMorgan−9.4%
- 55Ford−12%
- 56Target−13%
- 57Wells Fargo−16%
- 58Bank of America−20%
- 59MicroStrategy−22%
- 60Morgan Stanley−24%
- 61Lowe's−30%
- 62Home Depot−35%
- 63Comcast−38%
- 64Starbucks−45%
- 65Citigroup−45%
- 66AMD−63%
Start-of-year prices; current prices refresh hourly. Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.