Tuesday, August 3, 2010

What a Difference a Decade Makes

For many years Microsoft, Intel and Dell lead the league in the minds of investors. The following snapshot of stock prices over the last five years shows an entirely different story today.
The chart shows how stock prices of six leading technology companies have changed over five year and one year intervals. In the extreme cases Dell lost 66% for its investors and Apple gained 498%. The other two "big names" a decade ago - Microsoft and Intel fared only slightly better than Dell.
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  1. ProspectorAugust 7, 2010 at 6:21 AM

    It would be interesting to overlay a 5-yr line graph of the Dow to see how these corps have performed compared to the market

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  2. Gary BraleyAugust 9, 2010 at 11:26 AM

    Yes, that would be interesting

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