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 SPY, Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 QQQ and SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust DIA have returned 52%, 94% and 35% 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 May 2018: According to data from Benzinga Pro, here’s how much $100 invested in each of the following stocks back in spring 2018 would be worth today:
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD: $743.06
- NVIDIA Corporation NVDA: $460.89
- Amazon.com, Inc AMZN: $140.07
- Bitcoin BTC/USD: $363.72
- Ethereum ETH/USD: $306.97
- Dogecoin DOGE/USD: $2,117.10
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