While clearing out some old paperwork, stumbled across this - I think I'll keep it for posterity

Aaaaahhh !

A high school friends Dad ran a stock brokerage. He had us wallpaper his bathroom with about a trillion Marks worth of Weimar Republic bonds. As a reminder…
Sic transit Gloria mundi!

Ouch.

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Roswell, GA (Atlanta suburb)

OK, I'll do the math.
500 shares in Oct 1994
becomes 1,000 shares in June 2000 after 2 for 1 split
becomes 2,000 shares in Feb 2005 after 2 for 1 split
becomes 14,000 shares in June 2014 after 7 for 1 split
becomes 56,000 shares in Aug 2020 after 4 for 1 split

At $170/share today that $9,520,000.00

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GGD
OK, I'll do the math.
500 shares in Oct 1994
becomes 1,000 shares in June 2000 after 2 for 1 split
becomes 2,000 shares in Feb 2005 after 2 for 1 split
becomes 14,000 shares in June 2014 after 7 for 1 split
becomes 56,000 shares in Aug 2020 after 4 for 1 split

At $170/share today that $9,520,000.00

You didn’t have to rub it in.

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Roswell, GA (Atlanta suburb)

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GGD
OK, I'll do the math.
500 shares in Oct 1994
becomes 1,000 shares in June 2000 after 2 for 1 split
becomes 2,000 shares in Feb 2005 after 2 for 1 split
becomes 14,000 shares in June 2014 after 7 for 1 split
becomes 56,000 shares in Aug 2020 after 4 for 1 split

At $170/share today that $9,520,000.00

Plus dividends!!

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GGD
OK, I'll do the math.
500 shares in Oct 1994
becomes 1,000 shares in June 2000 after 2 for 1 split
becomes 2,000 shares in Feb 2005 after 2 for 1 split
becomes 14,000 shares in June 2014 after 7 for 1 split
becomes 56,000 shares in Aug 2020 after 4 for 1 split

At $170/share today that $9,520,000.00

Almost enough to retire.

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With dividend reinvestment, $22,646,444.75

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I sold the last of my APPL around 2019, I think. If I had held onto it, I would be a lot better off than I am now. However, I had a good run with it because I started buying early and realized a lot of appreciation before then. I was an early adopter and am proud that I invested in APPL when it was young, because I used Apple products and realized how superior they were to the competition at the time.

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SDGuy
While clearing out some old paperwork, stumbled across this - I think I'll keep it for posterity

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Took me a minute to figure out what that was.

At first I assumed that you paid $20k for a Mac (not unheard of). Then I saw the "500" and thought you bought a lot of Macs (for a school or something). But then they were way too cheap!

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SDGuy
While clearing out some old paperwork, stumbled across this - I think I'll keep it for posterity

[forums.macresource.com]

Took me a minute to figure out what that was.

At first I assumed that you paid $20k for a Mac (not unheard of). Then I saw the "500" and thought you bought a lot of Macs (for a school or something). But then they were way too cheap!

I too had to look at it a bit to figure it out. Glad it wasn’t just me.

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Roswell, GA (Atlanta suburb)

With dividend reinvestment, $22,646,444.75


Ok, that’s just mean!

LOL!

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When I graduated college I had around $4000 for relocation expenses, which was a fortune for a new college grad in 1998. I contemplated buying AAPL, but instead purchased an iMac, printer, scanner, and a SuperDisk drive, I think it all came to around $3500. I plugged that into the link I provided above. From 7/1/98, $3500 of AAPL would be worth $3.5million...ouch.

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Okay, to hell with what was. Feel free to PM me with the modern day equivalent.

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rgG

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Lux Interior

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SDGuy
While clearing out some old paperwork, stumbled across this - I think I'll keep it for posterity

[forums.macresource.com]

Took me a minute to figure out what that was.

At first I assumed that you paid $20k for a Mac (not unheard of). Then I saw the "500" and thought you bought a lot of Macs (for a school or something). But then they were way too cheap!

I too had to look at it a bit to figure it out. Glad it wasn’t just me.

Me, too. About 2 minutes trying to process that.

But, also allow me to say: Holy Farck.

Another telling thing is “California’s first discount broker“ charged $48 in commission for the transaction.
Now you can get trades for a couple of dollars.

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GGD
OK, I'll do the math.
500 shares in Oct 1994
becomes 1,000 shares in June 2000 after 2 for 1 split
becomes 2,000 shares in Feb 2005 after 2 for 1 split
becomes 14,000 shares in June 2014 after 7 for 1 split
becomes 56,000 shares in Aug 2020 after 4 for 1 split

At $170/share today that $9,520,000.00

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