Historical scenario / AMZN / 2008

If you had bought AMZN in 2008 with $10,000...

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Vintage 2008
Initial: $10,000

Estimated value

$1,443,877

Initial $10,000Profit $1,433,877

Buy Price

Jan 1, 2008

$1.75

Sell Price

Oct 15, 2026

$253

Multiplier

144.4×

ROI

+14339%

2008 Price Range
Open (Jan 1)Jan 1, 2008$4.81
2008 Highest$4.81
2008 Lowest$1.75
CurrentOct 15, 2026$252.9

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Calculation record

How this result was calculated

The selected investment amount is divided by the chosen 2008 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
$4.813
Year low / high
$1.752 / $4.813
Latest price
$252.895
Price as of
2026-10-15

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 2008 and the latest available price. This is a price-return comparison and may exclude dividends.

AMZN

52.55×

5155.0%

S&P 500

5.34×

433.6% · as of 2026-10-15

Scenario context

In 2008, Amazon traded between $1.752 and $4.813, a range equal to 63.6% 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 52.55× price multiple instead. Over the same measurement window, the S&P 500 price multiple was 5.34×.

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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