What if you'd bought then?
If you had bought the related asset on the very day a historical event happened, how much would it be worth now? Shown with real calculation-engine results.
Every result below is computed from historical data. Each event card shows what $1,000 invested that day would be worth now, alongside the maximum drawdown you would have endured. This recommends no investment and predicts no future.
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ChatGPT public release
What if you bought Nvidia on the day ChatGPT launched?
$1,000 that day
→ $8.7k
Max drawdown
-36.9%
Sony PS5-hype record high
What if you bought Sony at its PS5-hype record high?
$1,000 that day
→ $1.2k
Max drawdown
-39.8%
Disney+ launch
What if you bought Disney on the day Disney+ launched?
$1,000 that day
→ $531
Max drawdown
-60.7%
Facebook (Meta) IPO
What if you bought Facebook (Meta) on its IPO day?
$1,000 that day
→ $12k
Max drawdown
-76.7%
Netflix streaming pivot (Qwikster fiasco)
What if you bought Netflix during its 2011 streaming pivot?
$1,000 that day
→ $16k
Max drawdown
-76.9%
Tesla Nasdaq IPO
What if you bought Tesla on its IPO day?
$1,000 that day
→ $198k
Max drawdown
-73.6%
First iPhone launch
What if you bought Apple the day the iPhone launched?
$1,000 that day
→ $60k
Max drawdown
-60.9%
COVID market bottom
What if you bought the S&P 500 at the COVID bottom (March 2020)?
$1,000 that day
→ $2.7k
Max drawdown
-24.5%
Korea's first COVID-19 case
What if you bought the S&P 500 on Korea's first COVID case?
$1,000 that day
→ $1.8k
Max drawdown
-33.7%
Lehman Brothers bankruptcy
What if you bought the S&P 500 on the day Lehman collapsed (Sep 15, 2008)?
$1,000 that day
→ $6.4k
Max drawdown
-44.7%
Bitcoin first crosses ₩100M
What if you invested at Bitcoin's first ₩100M day?
$1,000 that day
→ $616
Max drawdown
-53.1%
Toyota Japan record market cap
What if you bought Toyota on its record market-cap day?
$1,000 that day
→ $727
Max drawdown
-41.7%
Ethereum DeFi / 2.0 era
What if you bought Ethereum during DeFi summer?
$1,000 that day
→ $2.0k
Max drawdown
-79.3%
Gold's record all-time high
What if you bought gold at its 2020 record high (August)?
$1,000 that day
→ $1.4k
Max drawdown
-26.2%
Amazon dot-com bubble peak
What if you bought Amazon at the dot-com peak?
$1,000 that day
→ $34k
Max drawdown
-94.4%
These results do not reflect taxes. Based on historical data; does not guarantee future returns.
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