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What if I put $1,000 into Microsoft in 1993?

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BITBANK TIME MACHINE · MSFT

$1,000 in Microsoft, Jan 1993

$185,117+18,412%

$2.66 -> $492.44

“That's not investing, that's a lottery ticket that hit.”

Your mate would have told you to sell at $1,106.

BRun yours → bitbank.nz/tools/time-machine1993-01-04 to 2026-09-10
Sold the top$203,7742025-10-28 at $542.07
Missed vs top$18,657-9.16% from the top
Bought the top instead$908.44-9.16% · worst possible entry
Worst moment$834.071993-08-10 (-16.59%)
Max drawdown from top-34.91%to $132,635 on 2026-06-25
Held375.92 MSFT185x · +16.77%/yr over 33.7 years

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