The Bureau of Historic Losses · Counterfactual Division
What if you'd bought AMC in 2021?
In 2021 the apes adopted AMC as the meme-stock sequel to GameStop, and a near-dead cinema operator briefly traded above $50 on Reddit conviction alone. Management seized the moment to sell stock and survive; the Bureau notes the squeeze as history, not as a how-to.
$100 on 2021-01-04, worth today
US$12
As of 2026-06-12, $100 of AMC bought at 2021's open (US$20.10) is worth US$12 — 0.12×.
total return · dividends reinvested · USD
How much would $100 of AMC bought in 2021 be worth today?
| You'd have put in | You'd have now | Multiple |
|---|---|---|
| US$100 | US$12 | 0.12× |
| US$1,000 | US$116 | 0.12× |
| US$10,000 | US$1,164 | 0.12× |
Lump sum on the year's first trading day, total return (dividends reinvested, splits adjusted), valued at the latest close. Past performance isn't a promise — it's a taunt.
What did AMC do in 2021?
Opened
US$20.10
2021-01-04
Peaked
US$625.50
2021-06-02
Bottomed
US$19.80
2021-01-05
Closed
US$272.00
2021-12-31
Levels are dividend-adjusted, so historical figures look lower than the headline price of the day — that's the total-return lens, and it's the honest one.
Would steady buying have beaten going all in?
US$28,500 deployed as $100 a week from 2021-01-04, under four temperaments — same money, different nerves.
| All in on day one | US$3,318 |
| Steady weekly buys | US$12,086 |
| Sold dips, rebought rallies | US$20,288 |
| Traded it perfectly | US$2.1M |
“Traded it perfectly” requires knowing the future. Nobody knew the future.
The same $1,000, elsewhere
$1,000 at 2021's open, each valued at the latest close. Hindsight remains undefeated.
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