Investing in stocks can be a wild ride for many, but one website took a look at popular decade old stocks and figured out what you would have made if you took the leap.
Financial website How Much looked specifically at what a $1,000 investment in certain companies would be worth today.
The graphic below represents the blue dot as the initial $1,000 investment and the larger pink circles represent the current value of the investment.
"The larger the pink circle, the more your investment is worth.
If the pink fits inside the blue, then you lost money. The [graphic] assumes that you took any dividend paid out in cash and did not reinvest into the company by buying more stock.
All things being equal, prices seem pretty high right now. In fact, most of the companies on our chart have seen significant gains in recent years."