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it would be worth today
$2,279
+$1,279 profit2.28x11.2% a year
The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund: $3,453
Its shares paid about $22.30 in dividends over the last 12 months.
Includes the fund’s 0.19% yearly fee, roughly $23.33 over this time.
Aftertax on the gain, you’d keep$2,087
US federal long-term rates: 15% for most people, 0% on lower incomes, 20% + 3.8% on high incomes. No state tax included; none inside a Roth IRA.
Growth Over Time
Performance Metrics
Total Invested
$1,000.00
Current Value
$2,278.58
Total Profit
$1,278.58
Multiplier
2.28x
CAGR
11.2%
Max Drawdown
-30.6%
Inflation-Adjusted
$1,787.22
Benchmark Comparison
How does $1,000.00 invested in 2019 compare across different asset classes?
| Asset | Value Today | Return |
|---|---|---|
| Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) | $2,278.58 | 2.28x |
| S&P 500 | $3,453.01 | 3.45x |
| Gold | $3,277.07 | 3.28x |
| Savings (2% APY) | $1,165.76 | 1.17x |
Dividends
Over the last 12 months, the 8.17 shares you'd own now paid about $22.30 in dividends (about $1.86 a month). That's 2.2% of the $1,000 put in.
Price growth alone turned $1,000 into $2,071; reinvested dividends added the other $208.03, 16% of the gain.
Dividends from Yahoo Finance. Shares today assume every dividend was reinvested.
Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) charges a yearly fee of 0.19%. It’s already taken out of the fund’s price, so the results above include it; at today’s rate it came to roughly $23.33 on this investment. Source
Back in 2019
- In 2019, a gallon of gas averaged $2.60, a movie ticket averaged $9.16 and the new iPhone 11 Pro started at $999. eia.govapple.comhollywoodreporter.com
- During 2019 itself, Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) rose 25%, #62 of the 100 investments we track. The best was Chainlink (+511%); the worst was Stellar (−60%). Full 2019 results →
$1,000 in Russell 2000 ETF (IWM), year by year
Of the 100 investments we track that were available at the start of 2019, Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) ranks #72 by growth to today — just behind Ford and ahead of Litecoin. See the full 2019 ranking →
Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) started 2019 11% below its start-of-2018 high, after falling 11% in 2018. It has been worth more than the $1,000 put in at every January since, and still is today. Today's $2,279 is more than it was worth at any January since. It rose in 6 of the 7 full years since. It has trailed the same $1,000 in the S&P 500 at every January since, and still does. Month by month, the deepest fall ran from Dec 2019 ($1,247) to Mar 2020 ($864.63), a drop of 31%. At its lowest month-end, in Mar 2020, it was worth $864.63.
| When | Worth | Change | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of 2019 | $1,000 | — | $1,000 |
| Start of 2020 | $1,248 | +25% | $1,315 |
| Start of 2021 | $1,477 | +18% | $1,557 |
| Start of 2022 | $1,736 | +18% | $2,004 |
| Start of 2023 | $1,355 | −22% | $1,641 |
| Start of 2024 | $1,583 | +17% | $2,072 |
| Start of 2025 | $1,775 | +12% | $2,591 |
| Start of 2026 | $2,019 | +14% | $3,054 |
| Today | $2,279 | +13% | $3,453 |
Values at the start of each year (first trading day for stocks). The S&P 500 column includes reinvested dividends, like the stock values.
Historical Context
At the start of 2019, Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) was priced at $122.37 (adjusted for later splits and dividends). $1,000 would have bought about 8.17 shares. IWM tracks the Russell 2000 index of small US companies.
Measured from one January to the next, Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)'s best year since then was 2019 (+25%) and its worst was 2022 (−22%). Holding on wasn't easy: between the start of 2022 and the start of 2023, the position fell 22% from its high.
Frequently Asked Questions
A $1,000 investment in Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) at the start of 2019 would be worth approximately $2,278.58 today — a 2.28x return ($1,278.58 profit) over 7.7 years.
Methodology & Sources
Price data: Historical prices are the closing price on the first trading day of each year, adjusted for splits and dividends (so returns assume dividends were reinvested), from Yahoo Finance and MacroTrends. Current prices come from Yahoo Finance and refresh hourly; if that source is unavailable, the last saved price is used.
Calculation: Assumes a single purchase at the start of 2019 (or the first trading day, for companies that listed that year), held until today. No transaction fees, taxes, or slippage are included.
Benchmarks: The S&P 500 comparison uses the S&P 500 Total Return index (dividends reinvested, like an index fund) at the start of2019 and today. Gold uses the price per troy ounce. Savings account assumes a 2% APY compounded annually.
Inflation adjustment: Uses U.S. CPI-U annual averages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 2026 CPI value is estimated.
Educational purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Not financial advice.
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