The Bureau of Historic Losses · Counterfactual Division
What if you'd bought Broadcom in 2010?
Long before the AVGO ticker meant 'AI infrastructure,' this was a quiet chip outfit trading split-adjusted under $2. Hock Tan's acquisition machine hadn't yet swallowed half of Silicon Valley. Few charts hide a bigger number behind a more boring start.
$100 on 2010-01-04, worth today
US$28,818
As of 2026-06-12, $100 of Broadcom bought at 2010's open (US$1.33) is worth US$28,818 — 288×.
total return · dividends reinvested · USD
How much would $100 of Broadcom bought in 2010 be worth today?
| You'd have put in | You'd have now | Multiple |
|---|---|---|
| US$100 | US$28,818 | 288× |
| US$1,000 | US$288,181 | 288× |
| US$10,000 | US$2.9M | 288× |
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 Broadcom do in 2010?
Opened
US$1.33
2010-01-04
Peaked
US$2.04
2010-12-30
Bottomed
US$1.18
2010-02-10
Closed
US$2.00
2010-12-31
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$85,900 deployed as $100 a week from 2010-01-04, under four temperaments — same money, different nerves.
| All in on day one | US$24.8M |
| Steady weekly buys | US$5M |
| Sold dips, rebought rallies | US$1.5M |
| Traded it perfectly | US$6.3M |
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