Investors who placed their hard-earned cash into major U.S. indices have enjoyed respectable returns over the past 5 years. Despite a number of recent market corrections, including the recent market volatility, partially generated by the Russia-Ukraine war, and the Covid-driven stock market crash of 2020, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF SPY, Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 QQQ and SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust DIA have returned 58%, 96% and 40% respectively.
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As good as investors in the major U.S. indices have had it over the past five years, a number of the world’s most popular consumer discretionary, tech and altcoins stocks have also provided excellent returns. Bulls that took a chance on these names were rewarded with gains that outperformed much of the broader market.
Winners Since January 2018: According to data from Benzinga Pro, here’s how much $100 invested in each of the following stocks back in winter 2018 would be worth today:
Tesla Inc TSLA: $918.22
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD: $766.18
NVIDIA Corporation NVDA: $363.67
Apple Inc AAPL: $395.14
Microsoft Corporation MSFT: $292.98
Amazon.com, Inc AMZN: $154.36
Bitcoin BTC/USD: $207.22
Ethereum ETH/USD: $167.98
Dogecoin DOGE/USD: $1,879.90
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