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		hogFeast on Aug 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. tech stocks are now worth more than the entir... January 2000 - $60 January 2010 - $30 I did just eyeball it from a few months before. And note, I said 2000...not 2001. And even at the end of 2001, it did nothing for a decade plus.

nightski on Aug 28, 2020 [–]

Stocks split. You can't just look at price. They also pay dividends.

hogFeast on Aug 29, 2020 | [–]

What? Any price history you look at is going to be split-adjusted. And okay, you got a $1 of dividends...you only lost $29/share out of the $60 you invested.

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