Technology stocks were insanely overvalued in 2000

Yet, if you invested in Nasdaq 100 in early 2000, you would have more than tripled your money by now

You did have a bumpy ride however

Less than 45 of the companies in Nasdaq 100 from 2000 are still around.

Here were the largest holdings as of August 2000:

If you had invested on an equal weighted basis in the 100 companies of Nasdaq 100 on Jan 3rd, 2000, you would have more than quadrupled your money however.

This calculation assumes a static portfolio, which is equally weighted to 100 companies on Jan 3, 2000.

These are the 20 best performing companies of the original components from early 2000.

They accounted for more than 82% of total returns over the past 20 years...

These are all the Nasdaq 100 companies from 2000:

Ironically, you would have done as well or even better than $QQQ just by investing in these 100 companies in 2000. That means no $GOOG

Vetle's tweet gave me some inspiration to crunch some numbers: https://twitter.com/vetleforsland/status/1285181257786302464