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it would be worth today
$6,824
+$5,824 profit6.82x17.8% a year
The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund: $4,566
Its shares paid about $146.90 in dividends over the last 12 months.
Aftertax on the gain, you’d keep$5,950
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
$6,824.07
Total Profit
$5,824.07
Multiplier
6.82x
CAGR
17.8%
Max Drawdown
-36.6%
Inflation-Adjusted
$4,961.06
Benchmark Comparison
How does $1,000.00 invested in 2015 compare across different asset classes?
| Asset | Value Today | Return |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | $6,824.07 | 6.82x |
| S&P 500 | $4,565.82 | 4.57x |
| Gold | $3,548.31 | 3.55x |
| Savings (2% APY) | $1,261.85 | 1.26x |
Dividends
Over the last 12 months, the 35.40 shares you'd own now paid about $146.90 in dividends (about $12.24 a month). That's 15% of the $1,000 put in.
Price growth alone turned $1,000 into $4,980; reinvested dividends added the other $1,844, 32% of the gain.
Dividends from Yahoo Finance. Shares today assume every dividend was reinvested.
Back in 2015
- In January 2015, Morgan Stanley fired an employee who allegedly stole account information belonging to wealth management clients. fortune.com
- In 2015, a gallon of gas averaged $2.43, a movie ticket averaged $8.43 and the new iPhone 6s started at $649 without a contract. eia.govfonearena.comthewrap.com
- During 2015 itself, Morgan Stanley fell 17%, #72 of the 82 investments we track. The best was Netflix (+121%); the worst was Chipotle (−34%). Full 2015 results →
$1,000 in Morgan Stanley, year by year
Of the 82 investments we track that were available at the start of 2015, Morgan Stanley ranks #29 by growth to today — just behind Mastercard and ahead of AbbVie. See the full 2015 ranking →
Morgan Stanley started 2015 36% below its start-of-2007 high, after rising 26% in 2014. It was worth less than the $1,000 put in at the start of 2016, and has been above it since the start of 2017. Today's $6,824 is more than it was worth at any January since. It rose in 8 of the 11 full years since. It moved ahead of the same $1,000 in the S&P 500 at the start of 2022 and has stayed ahead since. Month by month, the deepest fall ran from Jan 2018 ($1,555) to Mar 2020 ($985.70), a drop of 37%. At its lowest month-end, in Feb 2016, it was worth $651.40.
| When | Worth | Change | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of 2015 | $1,000 | — | $1,000 |
| Start of 2016 | $826 | −17% | $1,014 |
| Start of 2017 | $1,157 | +40% | $1,135 |
| Start of 2018 | $1,430 | +24% | $1,383 |
| Start of 2019 | $1,132 | −21% | $1,322 |
| Start of 2020 | $1,500 | +33% | $1,739 |
| Start of 2021 | $2,029 | +35% | $2,058 |
| Start of 2022 | $3,045 | +50% | $2,649 |
| Start of 2023 | $2,697 | −11% | $2,170 |
| Start of 2024 | $3,069 | +14% | $2,740 |
| Start of 2025 | $4,227 | +38% | $3,425 |
| Start of 2026 | $6,335 | +50% | $4,038 |
| Today | $6,824 | +7.7% | $4,566 |
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 2015, Morgan Stanley was priced at $28.25 (adjusted for later splits and dividends). $1,000 would have bought about 35.40 shares. Morgan Stanley is an investment bank and wealth manager.
Measured from one January to the next, Morgan Stanley's best year since then was 2021 (+50%) and its worst was 2018 (−21%). Holding on wasn't easy: between the start of 2018 and the start of 2019, the position fell 21% from its high.
Frequently Asked Questions
A $1,000 investment in Morgan Stanley at the start of 2015 would be worth approximately $6,824.07 today — a 6.82x return ($5,824.07 profit) over 11.7 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 2015 (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 of2015 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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