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The Bureau of Historic Losses · Counterfactual Division

What if you'd bought Microsoft in 2014?

Satya Nadella took over as CEO in February 2014 with the stock near $37, a level it had bumped against, on and off, since the year 2000. 'Mobile-first, cloud-first' sounded like a slogan; it turned out to be the start of one of the great large-cap re-ratings, with Azure doing the heavy lifting.

$100 on 2014-01-02, worth today

US$1,273

As of 2026-06-12, $100 of Microsoft bought at 2014's open (US$30.69) is worth US$1,27312.7×.

total return · dividends reinvested · USD

How much would $100 of Microsoft bought in 2014 be worth today?

You'd have put inYou'd have nowMultiple
US$100US$1,27312.7×
US$1,000US$12,73012.7×
US$10,000US$127,30012.7×

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 Microsoft do in 2014?

Opened

US$30.69

2014-01-02

Peaked

US$41.84

2014-11-13

Bottomed

US$28.89

2014-01-13

Closed

US$39.42

2014-12-31

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$65,000 deployed as $100 a week from 2014-01-02, under four temperaments — same money, different nerves.

All in on day oneUS$827,451
Steady weekly buysUS$267,531
Sold dips, rebought ralliesUS$162,166
Traded it perfectlyUS$368,003

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