If I'd invested in Nasdaq-100 since 1999
$1,000 put into the Nasdaq-100 at the end of 1999 would be worth about $7,894 today — a 7.89× return, or roughly 8.1% a year. Change the amount below to run your own number.
You'd have
$7,894
from $1,000 invested — up 689%.
The story behind the number
Nasdaq-100 since 1999 has been a remarkably smooth ride. $1,000 put in at the end of 1999 grew to $7,894 — a 7.89× return, or about 8.1% a year. That beat the S&P 500, which turned the same $1,000 into $5,050 — you'd have come out roughly 1.56× ahead of simply buying the index.
The ride mattered as much as the destination. The strongest single year was 2000, up 19%; the worst was 2001, down 26%.
Holding on took nerve: the position fell as much as 81% from its 2000 peak to its 2002 low, before climbing back above that high by 2014.
Common questions
- How much would I have if I'd invested $1,000 in Nasdaq-100 in 1999?
- $1,000 invested in the Nasdaq-100 at the end of 1999 would be worth about $7,894 today — a 7.89× return, or roughly 8.1% per year.
- What were the best and worst years for Nasdaq-100 since 1999?
- The best year was 2000, up about 19%. The toughest was 2001, when it fell about 26%. Across the window, 130 of 318 years finished lower than they started.
- What was the biggest drop along the way?
- The steepest decline was about 81%, from a peak in 2000 to a low in 2002, with the value recovering above its prior high by 2014.
- Would I have done better in S&P 500?
- No — the S&P 500 turned $1,000 into about $5,050 over the same window, while Nasdaq-100 reached $7,894. Nasdaq-100 came out ahead.
The chart above shows the whole journey, not just the destination. Try switching to a bit each year to see how spreading your buying would have changed the outcome — or skip the latte to find out what a small daily habit could have grown into instead.
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