Best Investments Since 2014: What $1,000 Became Today
Of 78 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in NVIDIA at the start of 2014 did best: it would be worth $614,081 today (614x). The weakest was AMC Entertainment at $21.22. 33 of 78 beat the S&P 500 ($5,188).
$1,000 at the start of 2014, worth today
Stocks and the S&P 500 row include reinvested dividends.
| # | Investment | Worth today | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA | $614,081 | 614x |
| 2 | AMD | $153,815 | 154x |
| 3 | Bitcoin | $108,519 | 109x |
| 4 | Broadcom | $91,194 | 91.2x |
| 5 | Palo Alto Networks | $41,869 | 41.9x |
| 6 | TSMC | $36,791 | 36.8x |
| 7 | Tesla | $35,249 | 35.2x |
| 8 | Eli Lilly | $29,549 | 29.5x |
| 9 | Super Micro Computer | $24,951 | 25.0x |
| 10 | ASML | $22,456 | 22.5x |
| 11 | Apple | $19,196 | 19.2x |
| 12 | Microsoft | $16,525 | 16.5x |
| 13 | Meta | $13,598 | 13.6x |
| 14 | Netflix | $13,571 | 13.6x |
| 15 | Caterpillar | $12,594 | 12.6x |
| 16 | Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) | $12,591 | 12.6x |
| 17 | MicroStrategy | $12,524 | 12.5x |
| 18 | Amazon | $12,395 | 12.4x |
| 19 | $12,257 | 12.3x | |
| 20 | ServiceNow | $11,664 | 11.7x |
| 21 | Costco | $9,892 | 9.89x |
| 22 | Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ) | $9,356 | 9.36x |
| 23 | Texas Instruments | $9,230 | 9.23x |
| 24 | Morgan Stanley | $8,605 | 8.61x |
| 25 | AbbVie | $8,380 | 8.38x |
| 26 | JPMorgan | $7,938 | 7.94x |
| 27 | Mastercard | $7,304 | 7.30x |
| 28 | Sony | $7,294 | 7.29x |
| 29 | Visa | $7,249 | 7.25x |
| 30 | Cisco | $7,087 | 7.09x |
| 31 | Goldman Sachs | $6,620 | 6.62x |
| 32 | UnitedHealth | $6,217 | 6.22x |
| 33 | Intel | $6,044 | 6.04x |
| 34 | S&P 500 (index fund) | $5,188 | 5.19x |
| 35 | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) | $5,185 | 5.18x |
| 36 | S&P 500 ETF (SPY) | $5,169 | 5.17x |
| 37 | Walmart | $5,164 | 5.16x |
| 38 | Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) | $4,875 | 4.87x |
| 39 | ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) | $4,864 | 4.86x |
| 40 | Lowe's | $4,772 | 4.77x |
| 41 | Home Depot | $4,745 | 4.75x |
| 42 | Merck | $4,680 | 4.68x |
| 43 | Bank of America | $4,404 | 4.40x |
| 44 | Oracle | $4,390 | 4.39x |
| 45 | Berkshire Hathaway | $4,275 | 4.28x |
| 46 | Salesforce | $4,186 | 4.19x |
| 47 | Johnson & Johnson | $4,169 | 4.17x |
| 48 | Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD) | $4,110 | 4.11x |
| 49 | Dow Jones ETF (DIA) | $4,032 | 4.03x |
| 50 | Intuit | $3,938 | 3.94x |
| 51 | Adobe | $3,933 | 3.93x |
| 52 | Target | $3,635 | 3.63x |
| 53 | Booking Holdings | $3,627 | 3.63x |
| 54 | Qualcomm | $3,561 | 3.56x |
| 55 | Gold | $3,506 | 3.51x |
| 56 | Citigroup | $3,413 | 3.41x |
| 57 | McDonald's | $3,378 | 3.38x |
| 58 | Gold ETF (GLD) | $3,245 | 3.24x |
| 59 | Starbucks | $3,187 | 3.19x |
| 60 | Coca-Cola | $3,173 | 3.17x |
| 61 | Chipotle | $3,045 | 3.04x |
| 62 | Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) | $2,880 | 2.88x |
| 63 | Chevron | $2,811 | 2.81x |
| 64 | ExxonMobil | $2,720 | 2.72x |
| 65 | GameStop | $2,657 | 2.66x |
| 66 | General Motors | $2,652 | 2.65x |
| 67 | Procter & Gamble | $2,641 | 2.64x |
| 68 | Wells Fargo | $2,544 | 2.54x |
| 69 | PepsiCo | $2,311 | 2.31x |
| 70 | IBM | $2,047 | 2.05x |
| 71 | Verizon | $1,820 | 1.82x |
| 72 | Pfizer | $1,721 | 1.72x |
| 73 | Lululemon | $1,653 | 1.65x |
| 74 | Boeing | $1,607 | 1.61x |
| 75 | Disney | $1,549 | 1.55x |
| 76 | Ford | $1,532 | 1.53x |
| 77 | Alibaba | $1,219 | 1.22x |
| 78 | Comcast | $1,213 | 1.21x |
| 79 | Nike | $1,093 | 1.09x |
| 80 | AMC Entertainment | $21.22 | 0.02x |
During 2014 alone
- 1Palo Alto Networks+118%
- 2Super Micro Computer+111%
- 3Broadcom+93%
- 4Tesla+46%
- 5Intel+45%
- 6Meta+43%
- 7Eli Lilly+43%
- 8Apple+41%
- 9Lowe's+39%
- 10UnitedHealth+37%
- 11TSMC+33%
- 12MicroStrategy+32%
- 13AbbVie+31%
- 14AMC Entertainment+30%
- 15NVIDIA+30%
- 16Chipotle+30%
- 17Cisco+29%
- 18Microsoft+29%
- 19Home Depot+29%
- 20Texas Instruments+27%
- 21Berkshire Hathaway+27%
- 22Morgan Stanley+26%
- 23Wells Fargo+25%
- 24Disney+24%
- 25Target+23%
- 26Nike+23%
- 27Adobe+22%
- 28Costco+22%
- 29Intuit+21%
- 30ServiceNow+21%
- 31Visa+21%
- 32Sony+21%
- 33Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)+20%
- 34Merck+19%
- 35Oracle+19%
- 36PepsiCo+18%
- 37Johnson & Johnson+18%
- 38Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)+18%
- 39ASML+17%
- 40Procter & Gamble+16%
- 41S&P 500 ETF (SPY)+15%
- 42Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)+14%
- 43S&P 500 (index fund)+14%
- 44Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)+13%
- 45Comcast+13%
- 46Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD)+13%
- 47Bank of America+12%
- 48Walmart+12%
- 49Goldman Sachs+11%
- 50Dow Jones ETF (DIA)+11%
- 51Alibaba+10%
- 52JPMorgan+10%
- 53Salesforce+8%
- 54Starbucks+7.1%
- 55Coca-Cola+6.8%
- 56Pfizer+6.5%
- 57Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)+5.6%
- 58Caterpillar+5%
- 59Citigroup+3.9%
- 60Qualcomm+3.5%
- 61Mastercard+3.3%
- 62Ford+2.7%
- 63Verizon+0.1%
- 64McDonald's+0.1%
- 65Booking Holdings−0.3%
- 66ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK)−1%
- 67Gold−1.5%
- 68Boeing−2.7%
- 69Gold ETF (GLD)−3.3%
- 70Netflix−3.9%
- 71ExxonMobil−4.3%
- 72Lululemon−5.5%
- 73Google−5.6%
- 74Chevron−6.1%
- 75IBM−11%
- 76General Motors−12%
- 77Amazon−22%
- 78GameStop−30%
- 79AMD−32%
- 80Bitcoin−59%
Start-of-year prices; current prices refresh hourly. Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.