NASDAQ 100 · DCA since 2014
$500/month in NASDAQ 100 since 2014
What a monthly $500 dollar-cost average into NASDAQ 100 would be worth today if you'd started in January 2014 and never stopped. Real adjusted closes, T+1 execution, no transaction fees modeled.
If you invested $500/month in NASDAQ 100 from 2014-01 to 2026-06...
$285,968
grown from $75,000 invested over 12.5 years. +$210,968 (+281.29%)
Growth over time
Dashed: cumulative invested · Solid: portfolio value
Investment schedule
- Per investment
- $500.00
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Window
- 2014-01-01 → 2026-06-29
- Duration
- 12.5 years
- Number of investments
- 150× $500.00 each
Results
- Total invested
- $75,000150 × $500.00
- Final value
- $285,968as of 2026-06-29
- Total return
- +$210,968+281.29%
- Annualized (IRR)
- 19.79%/yrcompounded over 12.5 years
What 2014 actually was: into a mature bull market
Starting DCA in 2014 meant buying in late-cycle territory by every traditional measure. Valuations looked stretched. Pundits called for crashes that did not come. The market kept going, with a few wobbles — 2015-2016 emerging markets fears, 2018 Q4 selloff, the 2020 COVID crash. Every dip was a discount for steady DCA buyers.
For a NASDAQ 100 DCA buyer who started January 2014 with $500 a month, the schedule pulled in 150 purchases through 2026-06-29. Total invested: $75,000. Final value: $285,968. That works out to an annualized return of 19.79% per year on the irregular cashflow series.
The numbers above use adjusted closing prices (dividends reinvested, splits applied) and apply a T+1 policy: when the 1st of the month landed on a weekend or holiday, the trade executed at the next trading day's close. Bitcoin pages execute on the exact scheduled date because crypto trades 24/7.
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