Best Investments Since 2009: What $1,000 Became Today
Of 66 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in NVIDIA at the start of 2009 did best: it would be worth $1,140,250 today (1140x). The weakest was Citigroup at $2,514. 32 of 66 beat the S&P 500 ($11,845).
$1,000 at the start of 2009, worth today
Stocks and the S&P 500 row include reinvested dividends.
| # | Investment | Worth today | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA | $1,140,250 | 1140x |
| 2 | Broadcom | $313,736 | 314x |
| 3 | AMD | $255,185 | 255x |
| 4 | Netflix | $163,314 | 163x |
| 5 | Apple | $121,434 | 121x |
| 6 | ASML | $109,743 | 110x |
| 7 | TSMC | $94,580 | 94.6x |
| 8 | Amazon | $90,849 | 90.8x |
| 9 | Super Micro Computer | $64,197 | 64.2x |
| 10 | Booking Holdings | $53,981 | 54.0x |
| 11 | Eli Lilly | $47,309 | 47.3x |
| 12 | $42,496 | 42.5x | |
| 13 | Mastercard | $41,345 | 41.3x |
| 14 | MicroStrategy | $41,245 | 41.2x |
| 15 | Microsoft | $34,453 | 34.5x |
| 16 | Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) | $32,863 | 32.9x |
| 17 | Visa | $31,199 | 31.2x |
| 18 | Texas Instruments | $27,783 | 27.8x |
| 19 | Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ) | $27,618 | 27.6x |
| 20 | Caterpillar | $27,563 | 27.6x |
| 21 | Salesforce | $27,044 | 27.0x |
| 22 | Starbucks | $26,477 | 26.5x |
| 23 | Chipotle | $24,996 | 25.0x |
| 24 | Costco | $24,888 | 24.9x |
| 25 | Lululemon | $24,858 | 24.9x |
| 26 | Home Depot | $18,624 | 18.6x |
| 27 | UnitedHealth | $17,718 | 17.7x |
| 28 | Morgan Stanley | $16,633 | 16.6x |
| 29 | JPMorgan | $16,204 | 16.2x |
| 30 | Goldman Sachs | $14,340 | 14.3x |
| 31 | Intuit | $12,480 | 12.5x |
| 32 | Intel | $12,196 | 12.2x |
| 33 | S&P 500 (index fund) | $11,845 | 11.8x |
| 34 | Lowe's | $11,461 | 11.5x |
| 35 | S&P 500 ETF (SPY) | $11,302 | 11.3x |
| 36 | Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) | $11,158 | 11.2x |
| 37 | Adobe | $10,093 | 10.1x |
| 38 | Ford | $10,074 | 10.1x |
| 39 | Cisco | $9,859 | 9.86x |
| 40 | Oracle | $9,454 | 9.45x |
| 41 | Merck | $9,293 | 9.29x |
| 42 | Dow Jones ETF (DIA) | $8,361 | 8.36x |
| 43 | Walmart | $8,045 | 8.04x |
| 44 | Qualcomm | $7,732 | 7.73x |
| 45 | Berkshire Hathaway | $7,565 | 7.57x |
| 46 | Johnson & Johnson | $7,404 | 7.40x |
| 47 | Target | $7,331 | 7.33x |
| 48 | Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) | $7,043 | 7.04x |
| 49 | Coca-Cola | $6,535 | 6.54x |
| 50 | Sony | $6,141 | 6.14x |
| 51 | GameStop | $6,023 | 6.02x |
| 52 | McDonald's | $5,997 | 6.00x |
| 53 | Boeing | $5,528 | 5.53x |
| 54 | Chevron | $5,400 | 5.40x |
| 55 | Disney | $5,261 | 5.26x |
| 56 | Bank of America | $5,048 | 5.05x |
| 57 | Gold | $4,835 | 4.83x |
| 58 | IBM | $4,781 | 4.78x |
| 59 | Gold ETF (GLD) | $4,436 | 4.44x |
| 60 | Wells Fargo | $4,239 | 4.24x |
| 61 | Procter & Gamble | $3,961 | 3.96x |
| 62 | PepsiCo | $3,949 | 3.95x |
| 63 | Comcast | $3,821 | 3.82x |
| 64 | ExxonMobil | $3,768 | 3.77x |
| 65 | Verizon | $3,596 | 3.60x |
| 66 | Pfizer | $3,517 | 3.52x |
| 67 | Nike | $3,477 | 3.48x |
| 68 | Citigroup | $2,514 | 2.51x |
During 2009 alone
- 1Ford+318%
- 2AMD+308%
- 3Lululemon+297%
- 4Booking Holdings+191%
- 5MicroStrategy+158%
- 6Amazon+146%
- 7Apple+136%
- 8Starbucks+134%
- 9Salesforce+120%
- 10NVIDIA+110%
- 11Goldman Sachs+102%
- 12Google+95%
- 13ASML+93%
- 14Morgan Stanley+86%
- 15Super Micro Computer+80%
- 16Netflix+77%
- 17Mastercard+72%
- 18Visa+66%
- 19Texas Instruments+66%
- 20Adobe+61%
- 21Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)+58%
- 22Microsoft+56%
- 23IBM+55%
- 24Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)+50%
- 25TSMC+48%
- 26Cisco+46%
- 27Target+43%
- 28Intel+42%
- 29Sony+39%
- 30JPMorgan+37%
- 31Chipotle+37%
- 32Oracle+36%
- 33Disney+36%
- 34Caterpillar+30%
- 35Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)+29%
- 36Boeing+29%
- 37Qualcomm+29%
- 38Coca-Cola+29%
- 39Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)+27%
- 40Gold ETF (GLD)+27%
- 41S&P 500 (index fund)+26%
- 42Intuit+26%
- 43Gold+26%
- 44Merck+26%
- 45Nike+25%
- 46S&P 500 ETF (SPY)+25%
- 47Home Depot+23%
- 48Dow Jones ETF (DIA)+21%
- 49Broadcom+17%
- 50UnitedHealth+14%
- 51PepsiCo+13%
- 52Costco+13%
- 53Johnson & Johnson+10%
- 54Bank of America+10%
- 55Pfizer+9.2%
- 56Chevron+7.3%
- 57Lowe's+4.1%
- 58Verizon+2%
- 59McDonald's+2%
- 60Procter & Gamble+0.4%
- 61Berkshire Hathaway−0.4%
- 62GameStop−1.3%
- 63Walmart−3.1%
- 64Comcast−3.5%
- 65Eli Lilly−6.6%
- 66Wells Fargo−6.7%
- 67ExxonMobil−13%
- 68Citigroup−52%
Start-of-year prices; current prices refresh hourly. Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.