Investors who placed their hard-earned cash into major U.S. indices have enjoyed respectable returns over the past 5 years. Despite a number of recent market corrections, including the recent market volatility, partially generated by the Russia-Ukraine war, and the Covid-driven stock market crash of 2020, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NASDAQ:SPY), Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 (NASDAQ:QQQ) and SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (NASDAQ:DIA) have returned 58%, 96% and 40% respectively.
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As good as investors in the major U.S. indices have had it over the past five years, a number of the world's most popular consumer discretionary, tech and altcoins stocks have also provided excellent returns. Bulls that took a chance on these names were rewarded with gains that outperformed much of the broader market.
Winners Since January 2018: According to data from Benzinga Pro, here's how much $100 invested in each of the following stocks back in winter 2018 would be worth today:
- Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA): $918.22
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD): $766.18
- NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA): $363.67
- Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL): $395.14
- Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT): $292.98
- Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN): $154.36
- Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC): $207.22
- Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH): $167.98
- Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE): $1,879.90
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