The Bureau of Historic Losses · Counterfactual Division
What if you'd bought Intel in 2000?
Intel hit its dot-com peak near $75 in August 2000, the undisputed king of computing. It then spent nearly a quarter-century below that price — the definitive reminder that buying a great company at a great price are two different things.
$100 on 2000-01-03, worth today
US$504
As of 2026-06-12, $100 of Intel bought at 2000's open (US$24.71) is worth US$504 — 5.04×.
total return · dividends reinvested · USD
How much would $100 of Intel bought in 2000 be worth today?
| You'd have put in | You'd have now | Multiple |
|---|---|---|
| US$100 | US$504 | 5.04× |
| US$1,000 | US$5,041 | 5.04× |
| US$10,000 | US$50,412 | 5.04× |
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 Intel do in 2000?
Opened
US$24.71
2000-01-03
Peaked
US$42.57
2000-08-31
Bottomed
US$17.10
2000-12-29
Closed
US$17.10
2000-12-29
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$138,000 deployed as $100 a week from 2000-01-03, under four temperaments — same money, different nerves.
| All in on day one | US$695,680 |
| Steady weekly buys | US$892,512 |
| Sold dips, rebought rallies | US$658,024 |
| Traded it perfectly | US$12.4M |
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