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The calculator buys at the start of a year, so its answer differs from the exact-date result above.
it would be worth today
$10,327
+$9,327 profit10.3x24.3% a year
The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund: $4,501
Its shares paid about $39.09 in dividends over the last 12 months.
Includes the fund’s 0.09% yearly fee, roughly $36.40 over this time.
Aftertax on the gain, you’d keep$8,928
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
$9,101.97
Total Profit
$8,101.97
Multiplier
9.10x
CAGR
24.7%
Max Drawdown
-32.5%
Inflation-Adjusted
$6,700.84
Benchmark Comparison
How does $1,000.00 invested 10 years ago compare across different asset classes?
| Asset | Value Today | Return |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) | $9,101.97 | 9.10x |
| S&P 500 | $4,207.47 | 4.21x |
| Gold | $3,189.07 | 3.19x |
| Savings (2% APY) | $1,219.02 | 1.22x |
Dividends
Over the last 12 months, the 72.90 shares you'd own now paid about $34.46 in dividends (about $2.87 a month). That's 3.4% of the $1,000 put in.
Price growth alone turned $1,000 into $8,344; reinvested dividends added the other $757.78, 9.4% of the gain.
Dividends from Yahoo Finance. Shares today assume every dividend was reinvested.
Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) charges a yearly fee of 0.09%. It’s already taken out of the fund’s price, so the results above include it; at today’s rate it came to roughly $31.46 on this investment. Source
Historical Context
VGT holds US technology stocks.
This page always measures from exactly 10 years before today, using that day's closing price (adjusted for later splits and dividends). The start date moves forward one day at a time, so the result updates daily.
Frequently Asked Questions
A $1,000 investment in Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) 10 years ago (on September 29, 2016) would be worth approximately $9,101.97 today — a 9.10x return ($8,101.97 profit) over 10.0 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 closing price exactly 10 years before today (the next trading day if markets were closed), held until today. The start date moves forward daily. No fees or taxes 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 of2016 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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