Investors who placed their hard-earned cash into major US indices have enjoyed respectable returns over the past 5 years. Despite two market corrections — the recent market correction partially generated by the Russia-Ukraine war and the stock market crash of 2020, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NASDAQ: SPY), Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 (NASDAQ: QQQ) and SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (NASDAQ: DIA) have returned 67.23%, 110.71% and 54.90% respectively.
As good as investors in the major U.S. indices have had it over the past five years, a number of the world’s most popular consumer discretionary, tech and clean energy manufacturing stocks have provided even better returns. Bulls that took a chance on these names were rewarded with gains that outperformed much of the broader market.
Winners Since May 2017: According to data from Benzinga Pro, here’s how much $100 in each of the following stocks and cryptocurrencies bought back in spring 2017 would be worth today:
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GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME): $576.15
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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD): $898.65
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NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA): $495.58
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Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA): $1,075.63
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Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL): $371.17
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Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ: PLUG): $2,184.16
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Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE): $2,548.39
