What if you invested monthly in AMD for 15 years?
See what contributing 300,000 KRW a month for 15 years into AMD, the chipmaker behind CPUs and GPUs, would have looked like. Once pushed to the brink of survival before a dramatic rebound, its big gains sit alongside extreme maximum drawdowns and long loss periods that must be viewed honestly.
⚠️ This asset is an individual stock chosen as of today, so past returns can look better than they really were (survivorship bias).
Investment conditions
Asset · AMD (AMD)
Method · Recurring monthly investment
Period · 2011-07-01 ~ 2026-07-01
Amount · $222 / month
As of · 2026-07-01
Key metrics
These results do not reflect taxes. Based on historical data.
Risk & recovery
As important as returns. This service does not hide maximum drawdown or loss periods.
Maximum drawdown (MDD)
-65.3%
Largest drop from peak
Longest loss period
19months
Months in loss: 44
Recovery period
15months
Growth over time
Invested principal (dashed) and portfolio value (solid). Values below match the calculation.
Total invested $40,222 → Final value $2,660,509 (+6514.5%), Maximum drawdown (MDD) -65.3%
Why this period and asset
AMD designs and sells CPUs and GPUs, competing with Intel and Nvidia. Around this scenario's start in 2011, weak earnings and a competitive disadvantage left its shares very low - at times its very survival was in doubt. It then rebounded dramatically on the 2017 Ryzen CPU success and data-center and AI chip demand. But semiconductors are sensitive to the economy and demand cycles, so its volatility is extreme, with steep corrections in 2018 and 2022. This scenario covers the 15 years from July 2011 to July 2026.
Interpreting the result
Dollar-cost averaging invests the same amount monthly to smooth your cost, and buying through the very low early years could have helped greatly in the later rebound. But AMD is an extremely volatile stock, and alongside the big rallies it repeatedly saw double-digit single-day drops and halving corrections. On the result screen, check your ending value along with the maximum drawdown during the period, how long it stayed below your contributions, and the recovery time. A dramatic comeback story is only visible after the fact and does not guarantee the future.
Caveats & limits
This is a simulation of a single stock - AMD - that happens to have survived and become well known, and past performance does not guarantee future results. The fact that this one worked out says nothing about how other individual stocks will do: countless companies that listed in the same era and then failed or lagged never appear here, which is survivorship bias. A single stock carries far deeper maximum drawdowns, longer periods underwater, and concentration risk - if the business breaks down, it may never recover. Taxes (capital gains, dividends), trading fees, and the KRW/USD exchange rate are not reflected, so real returns differ. This is not a recommendation of any stock; it simply shows what already happened.
Data sources & limits
- Price data source: Yahoo Finance / FinanceDataReader
- Collected on: 2026-07-23
- Effective trading date: 2026-07-01
- Price basis: Adjusted close (reflects dividends and stock splits)
- This asset is an individual stock chosen as of today, so past returns can look better than they really were (survivorship bias).
- Trading fees and taxes are not reflected — figures are pre-tax.
- Based on historical data; does not guarantee future returns.
Frequently asked questions
With 300,000 KRW a month for 15 years, how much do I actually invest?
You contribute 300,000 KRW each month for 15 years - about 180 installments in total. The result screen shows both your total contributions and the ending value, and what matters as much as the final figure is how far it fell and recovered along the way.
How is a single stock like AMD different from indexing?
An index (e.g., the S&P 500) spreads risk across hundreds of companies, while a single stock concentrates it in one. When it works it can far outpace the index, but if the business stumbles the maximum drawdown is deeper and the time underwater is often longer. Always check the max drawdown, loss period, and recovery time.
Does this result include taxes, fees, and exchange rates?
No. It reflects share-price movement only; capital-gains and dividend taxes, trading fees, and the KRW/USD exchange rate are excluded. Your real brokerage return will differ from the displayed figure because of these.
Related scenarios
📋 Results are based on historical data; past returns do not guarantee future returns.
📋 This service is provided for educational purposes to help you understand investing, not as investment advice.
⚠️ Calculated using today's representative assets, which may differ from the market composition at the time.