If I'd invested in Nasdaq-100 since 2008
$1,000 put into the Nasdaq-100 at the end of 2008 would be worth about $24,255 today — a 24.3× return, or roughly 20.1% a year. Change the amount below to run your own number.
You'd have
$24,255
from $1,000 invested — up 2325%.
The story behind the number
Nasdaq-100 since 2008 has been a remarkably smooth ride. $1,000 put in at the end of 2008 grew to $24,255 — a 24.3× return, or about 20.1% a year. That beat the S&P 500, which turned the same $1,000 into $8,220 — you'd have come out roughly 2.95× ahead of simply buying the index.
The ride mattered as much as the destination. The strongest single year was 2026, up 16%; the worst was 2022, down 14%.
Holding on took nerve: the position fell as much as 33% from its 2021 peak to its 2022 low, before climbing back above that high by 2023. Inflation takes a bite, too — consumer prices rose about 58% over the period, so in today's money the result is closer to 15.4× what you put in.
Common questions
- How much would I have if I'd invested $1,000 in Nasdaq-100 in 2008?
- $1,000 invested in the Nasdaq-100 at the end of 2008 would be worth about $24,255 today — a 24.3× return, or roughly 20.1% per year.
- What were the best and worst years for Nasdaq-100 since 2008?
- The best year was 2026, up about 16%. The toughest was 2022, when it fell about 14%. Across the window, 76 of 210 years finished lower than they started.
- What was the biggest drop along the way?
- The steepest decline was about 33%, from a peak in 2021 to a low in 2022, with the value recovering above its prior high by 2023.
- Would I have done better in S&P 500?
- No — the S&P 500 turned $1,000 into about $8,220 over the same window, while Nasdaq-100 reached $24,255. 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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