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Fahrenheit
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2022-04-05, 02:32

In a moment of financial and emotional self-harm, I decided to look at the price of the first Apple product I bought, and ask myself "what would I have if I had just bought apple stock of the same value instead?"

I bought my first iBook in April 2004 for £699, at that point in 2004 that was $1300. Which would have bought me 2999 apple shares at 43c a piece.

The current stock price is $178.44.

That $1300 invested then would be $535,320, though this site actually says it would be just over $700k. Either way, I done fucked up.

I now tend to invest a lot of money into index funds and trackers and don't spend a great deal on tech...!

I'm not sure 13 year old me would have forgiven me though for not getting my first laptop though.
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