Stories from the regret economy
Famous would-be trades, priced with real historical data. Every number is computed from the same series the calculators use.
- amazon ipoAmazon at the IPO: $1,000 into the "bookstore"
- apple 2009Apple at the bottom: $1,000 in January 2009
- bitcoin pizzaThe two pizzas now worth $42.16M
- black mondayBuying the market the month before Black Monday
- crash timingThe worst three moments to buy the S&P 500 — and what they returned
- dogecoin 2020Dogecoin, 2020: $1,000 into the joke
- ethereum 2016Ethereum, 2016: $1,000 into a two-year-old experiment
- every sp500 stock$1,000 in every S&P 500 stock in 2015 — what actually happened
- gamestop 2020GameStop: $1,000 the year before the squeeze
- lost decadeBuying the S&P 500 at the exact 2000 top
- lost walletThe hard drive in the landfill
- microsoft ipoMicrosoft at the IPO: $1,000 in March 1986
- netflix 2012Netflix, 2012: $1,000 into the Qwikster scandal
- nvidia 2016Nvidia, 2016: the trade every gamer saw coming
- tesla 2013Tesla, 2013: the year it became inevitable — or ridiculous
- winklevoss settlementIf the Winklevoss twins put the whole settlement in bitcoin
Not financial advice. All figures are historical calculations for entertainment and education.