If I'd invested in Nasdaq-100 since 2000
$1,000 put into the Nasdaq-100 at the end of 2000 would be worth about $12,356 today — a 12.4× return, or roughly 10.4% a year. Change the amount below to run your own number.
You'd have
$12,356
from $1,000 invested — up 1136%.
The story behind the number
Nasdaq-100 since 2000 has been a remarkably smooth ride. $1,000 put in at the end of 2000 grew to $12,356 — a 12.4× return, or about 10.4% a year. That beat the S&P 500, which turned the same $1,000 into $5,654 — you'd have come out roughly 2.19× ahead of simply buying the index.
The ride mattered as much as the destination. The strongest single year was 2002, up 18%; the worst was 2001, down 26%.
Holding on took nerve: the position fell as much as 68% from its 2001 peak to its 2002 low, before climbing back above that high by 2012. Inflation takes a bite, too — consumer prices rose about 91% over the period, so in today's money the result is closer to 6.46× what you put in.
Common questions
- How much would I have if I'd invested $1,000 in Nasdaq-100 in 2000?
- $1,000 invested in the Nasdaq-100 at the end of 2000 would be worth about $12,356 today — a 12.4× return, or roughly 10.4% per year.
- What were the best and worst years for Nasdaq-100 since 2000?
- The best year was 2002, up about 18%. The toughest was 2001, when it fell about 26%. Across the window, 122 of 306 years finished lower than they started.
- What was the biggest drop along the way?
- The steepest decline was about 68%, from a peak in 2001 to a low in 2002, with the value recovering above its prior high by 2012.
- Would I have done better in S&P 500?
- No — the S&P 500 turned $1,000 into about $5,654 over the same window, while Nasdaq-100 reached $12,356. 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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