Best Investments Since 2008: What $1,000 Became Today

Of 65 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in NVIDIA at the start of 2008 did best: it would be worth $300,066 today (300x). The weakest was Citigroup at $655.14. 32 of 65 beat the S&P 500 ($7,463).

$1,000 at the start of 2008, worth today

Stocks and the S&P 500 row include reinvested dividends.

#	Investment	Worth today	Multiple	Per year
1	NVIDIA	$300,066	300x	+36%
2	Netflix	$184,803	185x	+32%
3	TSMC	$85,592	85.6x	+27%
4	AMD	$85,062	85.1x	+27%
5	ASML	$66,467	66.5x	+25%
6	Apple	$56,558	56.6x	+24%
7	Amazon	$51,374	51.4x	+23%
8	Super Micro Computer	$48,814	48.8x	+23%
9	Eli Lilly	$38,103	38.1x	+21%
10	Booking Holdings	$36,018	36.0x	+21%
11	Visa	$29,613	29.6x	+20%
12	Mastercard	$28,933	28.9x	+20%
13	Microsoft	$20,251	20.3x	+17%
14	Google	$19,918	19.9x	+17%
15	Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)	$19,914	19.9x	+17%
16	Costco	$19,682	19.7x	+17%
17	Caterpillar	$18,790	18.8x	+17%
18	Home Depot	$17,853	17.9x	+17%
19	MicroStrategy	$17,069	17.1x	+16%
20	Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)	$17,065	17.1x	+16%
21	Salesforce	$15,260	15.3x	+16%
22	Texas Instruments	$14,002	14.0x	+15%
23	Starbucks	$13,492	13.5x	+15%
24	JPMorgan	$12,527	12.5x	+14%
25	Lowe's	$11,890	11.9x	+14%
26	Chipotle	$10,931	10.9x	+14%
27	Walmart	$9,983	9.98x	+13%
28	Intuit	$9,784	9.78x	+13%
29	UnitedHealth	$8,636	8.64x	+12%
30	Oracle	$7,739	7.74x	+12%
31	Qualcomm	$7,568	7.57x	+11%
32	Intel	$7,513	7.51x	+11%
33	S&P 500 (index fund)	$7,463	7.46x	+11%
34	S&P 500 ETF (SPY)	$7,424	7.42x	+11%
35	Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)	$7,319	7.32x	+11%
36	Johnson & Johnson	$7,010	7.01x	+11%
37	McDonald's	$6,770	6.77x	+11%
38	Cisco	$6,297	6.30x	+10%
39	Goldman Sachs	$6,045	6.04x	+10%
40	Dow Jones ETF (DIA)	$5,933	5.93x	+10%
41	Morgan Stanley	$5,726	5.73x	+9.8%
42	Adobe	$5,570	5.57x	+9.6%
43	Berkshire Hathaway	$5,459	5.46x	+9.5%
44	Merck	$5,248	5.25x	+9.2%
45	Target	$5,197	5.20x	+9.2%
46	Coca-Cola	$5,053	5.05x	+9%
47	Gold	$5,025	5.03x	+9%
48	Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)	$4,777	4.78x	+8.7%
49	Chevron	$4,556	4.56x	+8.4%
50	Wells Fargo	$4,552	4.55x	+8.4%
51	Gold ETF (GLD)	$4,507	4.51x	+8.4%
52	Lululemon	$4,320	4.32x	+8.1%
53	IBM	$4,060	4.06x	+7.8%
54	Disney	$4,011	4.01x	+7.7%
55	Comcast	$3,924	3.92x	+7.6%
56	Ford	$3,755	3.76x	+7.3%
57	Procter & Gamble	$3,522	3.52x	+6.9%
58	ExxonMobil	$3,354	3.35x	+6.7%
59	Verizon	$3,043	3.04x	+6.1%
60	PepsiCo	$3,012	3.01x	+6.1%
61	Pfizer	$2,989	2.99x	+6%
62	Nike	$2,962	2.96x	+6%
63	Boeing	$2,956	2.96x	+6%
64	Sony	$2,518	2.52x	+5%
65	GameStop	$2,316	2.32x	+4.6%
66	Bank of America	$1,930	1.93x	+3.6%
67	Citigroup	$655.14	0.66x	−2.2%

During 2008 alone

1Walmart+24%
2Netflix+13%
3McDonald's+13%
4Wells Fargo+7.4%
5Gold+3.9%
6Lowe's+3.7%
7Comcast+2.7%
8Gold ETF (GLD)+1.6%
9Qualcomm−2.1%
10Home Depot−4.1%
11Visa−5.1%
12Johnson & Johnson−5.3%
13TSMC−9.5%
14ExxonMobil−11%
15Procter & Gamble−11%
16Nike−15%
17Pfizer−15%
18IBM−15%
19Verizon−15%
20Chevron−16%
21Oracle−18%
22Eli Lilly−19%
23Costco−21%
24Intuit−22%
25Coca-Cola−23%
26JPMorgan−23%
27PepsiCo−24%
28Disney−24%
29Super Micro Computer−24%
30Berkshire Hathaway−28%
31Dow Jones ETF (DIA)−29%
32Target−29%
33Mastercard−30%
34Caterpillar−32%
35Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)−32%
36Booking Holdings−33%
37S&P 500 ETF (SPY)−34%
38Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)−34%
39Cisco−36%
40S&P 500 (index fund)−37%
41Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)−38%
42Intel−38%
43Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)−39%
44ASML−39%
45Microsoft−41%
46Amazon−43%
47Merck−44%
48Salesforce−44%
49Adobe−45%
50Boeing−47%
51Starbucks−49%
52Texas Instruments−50%
53UnitedHealth−51%
54Google−53%
55Apple−53%
56Chipotle−56%
57Goldman Sachs−58%
58MicroStrategy−59%
59Sony−59%
60GameStop−62%
61Bank of America−62%
62Ford−63%
63Morgan Stanley−66%
64AMD−67%
65NVIDIA−74%
66Citigroup−74%
67Lululemon−83%

Start-of-year prices; current prices refresh hourly. Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.