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What if I put $1,000 into Microsoft in 1988?

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BITBANK TIME MACHINE · MSFT

$1,000 in Microsoft, Jan 1988

$1.27M+127,010%

$0.3889 -> $494.32

“Generational. Your grandkids will hear about this at dinner.”

Your mate would have told you to sell at $1,118.

BRun yours → bitbank.nz/tools/time-machine1988-01-04 to 2026-09-11
Sold the top$1.39M2025-10-28 at $542.07
Missed vs top$122,796-8.81% from the top
Bought the top instead$911.90-8.81% · worst possible entry
Worst moment$821.431988-11-17 (-17.86%)
Max drawdown from top-34.91%to $907,277 on 2026-06-25
Held2,571 MSFT1,271x · +20.29%/yr over 38.7 years

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