Best Investments Since 2010: What $1,000 Became Today

Of 69 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in NVIDIA at the start of 2010 did best: it would be worth $542,976 today (543x). The weakest was Ford at $2,411. 30 of 69 beat the S&P 500 ($9,366).

$1,000 at the start of 2010, worth today

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

#	Investment	Worth today	Multiple	Per year
1	NVIDIA	$542,976	543x	+46%
2	Broadcom	$269,144	269x	+40%
3	Tesla	$221,887	222x	+39%
4	Netflix	$92,401	92.4x	+31%
5	TSMC	$63,706	63.7x	+28%
6	AMD	$62,612	62.6x	+28%
7	ASML	$56,725	56.7x	+27%
8	Apple	$51,449	51.4x	+27%
9	Eli Lilly	$50,668	50.7x	+26%
10	Amazon	$36,882	36.9x	+24%
11	Super Micro Computer	$35,720	35.7x	+24%
12	Mastercard	$24,033	24.0x	+21%
13	Microsoft	$22,109	22.1x	+20%
14	Costco	$22,031	22.0x	+20%
15	Google	$21,783	21.8x	+20%
16	Caterpillar	$21,147	21.1x	+20%
17	Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)	$20,764	20.8x	+20%
18	Visa	$18,787	18.8x	+19%
19	Booking Holdings	$18,533	18.5x	+19%
20	Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)	$18,364	18.4x	+19%
21	Chipotle	$18,252	18.3x	+19%
22	Texas Instruments	$16,736	16.7x	+18%
23	MicroStrategy	$15,990	16.0x	+18%
24	UnitedHealth	$15,485	15.5x	+18%
25	Home Depot	$15,085	15.1x	+18%
26	Salesforce	$12,300	12.3x	+16%
27	JPMorgan	$11,791	11.8x	+16%
28	Starbucks	$11,303	11.3x	+16%
29	Lowe's	$11,010	11.0x	+15%
30	Intuit	$9,886	9.89x	+15%
31	S&P 500 (index fund)	$9,366	9.37x	+14%
32	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)	$9,232	9.23x	+15%
33	S&P 500 ETF (SPY)	$9,061	9.06x	+14%
34	Morgan Stanley	$8,962	8.96x	+14%
35	Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)	$8,759	8.76x	+14%
36	Intel	$8,585	8.59x	+14%
37	Walmart	$8,301	8.30x	+13%
38	Berkshire Hathaway	$7,593	7.59x	+13%
39	Merck	$7,384	7.38x	+13%
40	Goldman Sachs	$7,100	7.10x	+12%
41	Oracle	$6,952	6.95x	+12%
42	Dow Jones ETF (DIA)	$6,914	6.91x	+12%
43	Cisco	$6,770	6.77x	+12%
44	Johnson & Johnson	$6,717	6.72x	+12%
45	Lululemon	$6,267	6.27x	+12%
46	Adobe	$6,264	6.26x	+12%
47	GameStop	$6,099	6.10x	+11%
48	Qualcomm	$6,006	6.01x	+11%
49	McDonald's	$5,881	5.88x	+11%
50	Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)	$5,455	5.46x	+11%
51	Citigroup	$5,268	5.27x	+10%
52	Target	$5,140	5.14x	+10%
53	Coca-Cola	$5,083	5.08x	+10%
54	Chevron	$5,033	5.03x	+10%
55	Bank of America	$4,589	4.59x	+9.5%
56	Wells Fargo	$4,545	4.54x	+9.5%
57	Sony	$4,432	4.43x	+9.3%
58	ExxonMobil	$4,347	4.35x	+9.2%
59	Boeing	$4,286	4.29x	+9.1%
60	Comcast	$3,958	3.96x	+8.6%
61	Procter & Gamble	$3,945	3.95x	+8.5%
62	Disney	$3,879	3.88x	+8.4%
63	Gold	$3,833	3.83x	+8.4%
64	Verizon	$3,524	3.52x	+7.8%
65	PepsiCo	$3,496	3.50x	+7.8%
66	Gold ETF (GLD)	$3,484	3.48x	+7.7%
67	Pfizer	$3,222	3.22x	+7.2%
68	General Motors	$3,178	3.18x	+7.6%
69	IBM	$3,092	3.09x	+7%
70	Nike	$2,772	2.77x	+6.3%
71	Ford	$2,411	2.41x	+5.4%

During 2010 alone

1Netflix+236%
2Chipotle+155%
3Lululemon+132%
4Booking Holdings+86%
5Salesforce+83%
6Ford+68%
7Caterpillar+65%
8Intuit+62%
9Apple+54%
10Broadcom+48%
11Starbucks+46%
12Citigroup+44%
13Amazon+37%
14Comcast+34%
15Nike+34%
16Gold+30%
17Texas Instruments+28%
18Oracle+28%
19Target+27%
20Home Depot+27%
21Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)+26%
22McDonald's+26%
23Gold ETF (GLD)+26%
24Verizon+24%
25Costco+24%
26Sony+22%
27Berkshire Hathaway+21%
28Boeing+21%
29Chevron+21%
30Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)+20%
31Disney+19%
32UnitedHealth+19%
33Coca-Cola+18%
34Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)+17%
35Wells Fargo+16%
36Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)+16%
37S&P 500 (index fund)+15%
38S&P 500 ETF (SPY)+14%
39TSMC+14%
40IBM+13%
41Dow Jones ETF (DIA)+13%
42ASML+12%
43Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)+12%
44Tesla+11%
45ExxonMobil+11%
46PepsiCo+11%
47Lowe's+11%
48Procter & Gamble+9.2%
49Qualcomm+8.9%
50General Motors+8.4%
51Super Micro Computer+3.3%
52Eli Lilly+3.2%
53Intel+3%
54Walmart+2.9%
55JPMorgan+2.1%
56Merck+1.6%
57Goldman Sachs+0.9%
58Johnson & Johnson+0.6%
59GameStop+0%
60Pfizer−2.7%
61Google−3.6%
62Microsoft−7.7%
63Morgan Stanley−8%
64MicroStrategy−8.1%
65Bank of America−9.3%
66AMD−13%
67Mastercard−14%
68NVIDIA−14%
69Adobe−16%
70Cisco−17%
71Visa−19%

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