The Bureau of Historic Losses · Counterfactual Division
What if you'd bought Meta in 2022?
Newly renamed Meta opened 2022 above $330 and proceeded to lose nearly three-quarters of its value, bottoming near $88 in November as Reality Labs burned $13.7 billion and ad revenue stalled. Wall Street had decided the metaverse was a very expensive midlife crisis.
$100 on 2022-01-03, worth today
US$169
As of 2026-06-12, $100 of Meta bought at 2022's open (US$335.90) is worth US$169 — 1.69×.
total return · dividends reinvested · USD
How much would $100 of Meta bought in 2022 be worth today?
| You'd have put in | You'd have now | Multiple |
|---|---|---|
| US$100 | US$169 | 1.69× |
| US$1,000 | US$1,688 | 1.69× |
| US$10,000 | US$16,879 | 1.69× |
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 Meta do in 2022?
Opened
US$335.90
2022-01-03
Peaked
US$335.90
2022-01-03
Bottomed
US$88.22
2022-11-03
Closed
US$119.40
2022-12-30
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$23,200 deployed as $100 a week from 2022-01-03, under four temperaments — same money, different nerves.
| All in on day one | US$39,160 |
| Steady weekly buys | US$42,999 |
| Sold dips, rebought rallies | US$34,684 |
| Traded it perfectly | US$78,925 |
“Traded it perfectly” requires knowing the future. Nobody knew the future.
The same $1,000, elsewhere
$1,000 at 2022's open, each valued at the latest close. Hindsight remains undefeated.
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