Historical scenario / AMZN / 2000

If you had bought AMZN in 2000 with $10,000...

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Vintage 2000
Initial: $10,000

Estimated value

$3,427,424

Initial $10,000Profit $3,417,424

Buy Price

Jan 1, 2000

$0.7594

Sell Price

Oct 13, 2026

$260

Multiplier

342.7×

ROI

+34174%

2000 Price Range
Open (Jan 1)Jan 1, 2000$4.47
2000 Highest$4.47
2000 Lowest$0.76
CurrentOct 13, 2026$260.27

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Calculation record

How this result was calculated

The selected investment amount is divided by the chosen 2000 entry price, then multiplied by the latest available price. Taxes, trading fees, spreads, dividends and inflation are not included.

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Year open
$4.469
Year low / high
$0.759 / $4.469
Latest price
$260.27
Price as of
2026-10-13

Source: GhostGains market-data API using publicly available market observations. Prices can be delayed and should be independently verified.

Same period benchmark

Compared with the S&P 500

Both returns use the first available price in 2000 and the latest available price. This is a price-return comparison and may exclude dividends.

AMZN

58.24×

5724.2%

S&P 500

5.36×

435.8% · as of 2026-10-13

Scenario context

In 2000, Amazon traded between $0.759 and $4.469, a range equal to 83.0% of its opening price. An investment made at the year's low produces the headline result above; using the year's opening price produces a 58.24× price multiple instead. Over the same measurement window, the S&P 500 price multiple was 5.36×.

Asset Insight

About AMZN

Amazon is a multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing (AWS), online advertising, and digital streaming. It is the world's largest online retailer and cloud service provider.

Market History

Started by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as an online bookstore, Amazon rapidly expanded into "The Everything Store." AWS, launched in 2006, revolutionized the internet infrastructure, becoming a major profit driver for the company.

Fun Fact

While you were drinking overpriced coffee, Amazon was compounding. See how much wealthier you'd be if you invested that cash instead.
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