What if you invested monthly in Samsung Electronics for 10 years?
This looks at putting the same amount every month for the last 10 years into Samsung Electronics, Korea's flagship single stock. Because it swings widely with the chip cycle, it is important to understand the concentration risk of betting on one company, unlike an index.
⚠️ 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 · Samsung Electronics
Method · Recurring monthly investment
Period · 2016-07-01 ~ 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)
-41.2%
Largest drop from peak
Longest loss period
1months
Months in loss: 1
Recovery period
8months
Growth over time
Invested principal (dashed) and portfolio value (solid). Values below match the calculation.
Total invested $26,889 → Final value $168,508 (+526.7%), Maximum drawdown (MDD) -41.2%
Why this period and asset
Samsung Electronics is Korea's largest company, spanning semiconductors, smartphones and displays, and the biggest weight in the KOSPI. This 10-year window starts from 2016 and passes through the boom-and-bust cycles of memory chips, the 2020 COVID crash and rebound, and the swings of the chip industry. Samsung is Korea's longest-surviving, most successful flagship stock, but it is worth remembering that only looking at such winners is itself survivorship bias.
Interpreting the result
As a single stock, Samsung is more volatile than an index, and this window had periods with deeper maximum drawdowns and longer loss periods than the index, from chip-industry weakness and the COVID crash. Monthly investing lowers your average cost during declines, but concentrating on one company means recovery can take long when that company's industry struggles. Looking only at survivors like Samsung makes it easy to overestimate the odds of single-stock investing, so concentration risk must always be considered.
Caveats & limits
This result simplifies dividends, trading fees and taxes, and past performance does not guarantee the future. Samsung Electronics is a Korea-listed won (KRW) stock, so the figures are in Korean won. A single stock can have a deeper maximum drawdown and longer loss period than an index, and looking only at winners is survivorship bias. Concentrating on one company risks a long recovery when its industry weakens, which differs in nature from index investing.
Data sources & limits
- Price data source: Yahoo Finance / FinanceDataReader
- Collected on: 2026-07-23
- Effective trading date: 2026-07-01
- Price basis: Cierre ajustado (refleja dividendos y desdoblamientos de acciones)
- 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
Is betting on Samsung alone riskier than an index?
Yes. A single stock hinges on one company's industry, so it can have a deeper maximum drawdown and longer loss period than an index. An index spreads across many names, reducing single-company risk.
What is survivorship bias?
Looking only at stocks that survived and succeeded makes success seem more likely than it was, because names that struggled or disappeared over the same period are left out of the calculation.
How much does the chip cycle affect the result?
Memory-chip boom-and-bust cycles feed heavily into the price. When the industry is weak, the maximum drawdown can deepen and the recovery period can lengthen.
Related scenarios
📋 Los resultados se basan en datos históricos; las rentabilidades pasadas no garantizan rentabilidades futuras.
📋 Este servicio se ofrece con fines educativos para ayudarte a entender la inversión, no como asesoramiento de inversión.
⚠️ Calculado usando los activos representativos de hoy, que pueden diferir de la composición del mercado de aquel momento.