Meta at −76%: $1,000 while the metaverse was a punchline
By late October 2022, Meta had fallen roughly three quarters from its 2021 high. The narrative was everywhere: ads were broken, TikTok had won, and the metaverse was burning ten billion dollars a year for a legless avatar demo.
$1,000 at the October 2022 month-end close, held to 2026-10: $7,619 (+661.9%). The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund (TSP C Fund) became $2,086 through September 2026, the latest month the fund has reported; the META stake was worth $7,789 at that month-end. The fund figure includes reinvested dividends; the stock figure does not, so the comparison favors the fund. The fund's monthly returns are published at tsp.gov.
Nothing about the business had to be argued at that price. The "year of efficiency" did the arguing later. The hard part, as usual, was buying the most-mocked large company in the market.
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