What if you invested monthly in SK Hynix for 10 years?
See how a 10-year monthly investment into SK Hynix, a leading memory-chip maker, would have looked using real data. Because memory cycles are extreme, its drawdowns and recoveries diverge sharply.
⚠️ 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 · SK Hynix (single stock)
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)
-36.9%
Largest drop from peak
Longest loss period
0months
Months in loss: 0
Recovery period
5months
Growth over time
Invested principal (dashed) and portfolio value (solid). Values below match the calculation.
Total invested $26,889 → Final value $777,231 (+2790.5%), Maximum drawdown (MDD) -36.9%
Why this period and asset
SK Hynix is a leading maker of memory chips (DRAM and NAND), an industry famous for pronounced boom-and-bust 'cycles.' In upcycles when memory prices rise, earnings and the share price jump, while in downcycles driven by oversupply, earnings shrink and the stock swings hard. The stock moved sharply through major phases: the correction after the 2018 memory boom, the 2022 chip downcycle, and later expectations for AI-driven demand. As a single stock, it moves far more than an index.
Interpreting the result
This scenario plainly shows the risk of concentrating monthly investments in one stock. Be sure to check the maximum drawdown, underwater period, and recovery time on the results screen. Given the chip cycle, downcycles can bring deep drawdowns and long underwater periods, while upcycles can recover quickly. A single stock is not diversified across many companies like an index, so that firm's own earnings, competitive, and industry risks are fully reflected. Monthly investing does not remove this concentration risk.
Caveats & limits
SK Hynix is a KRW-denominated asset listed in Korea, so results are calculated in Korean won (KRW) with no exchange-rate variable. Investing in a single stock carries concentration risk, where the company's weakness translates directly into losses, and you should be mindful of survivorship bias from examining only companies that have stayed listed. Taxes and trading costs also lower performance. Past performance does not guarantee the future, and this page does not recommend buying any specific stock.
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
What is the semiconductor cycle?
Memory-chip prices swing widely with supply and demand, and this repeated boom-and-bust is called the cycle. Earnings and share prices surge in upcycles and shrink in downcycles, so an individual chip stock has far larger drawdowns and recoveries than an index.
How does investing in a single stock differ from an index?
An index is spread across many companies, so a shock to one is cushioned, while a single stock reflects that firm's risk directly. As a result, the maximum drawdown and underwater period on the results screen can be larger than for an index.
Why does survivorship bias matter?
If you only look at companies that survived and became well known, favorable outcomes stand out. In reality many companies underperformed or were delisted, so be careful not to judge based only on the success stories.
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⚠️ Calculado usando los activos representativos de hoy, que pueden diferir de la composición del mercado de aquel momento.