What if you invested $1,000 in American Express in 2000? (Inflation-Adjusted)

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A $1,000 investment in American Express in 2000 grew to $9,784 in nominal terms. But 2000 dollars had 96% more purchasing power than today. After adjusting for cumulative inflation using BLS CPI-U data, the real value of that growth works out to $4,992 in constant 2000 dollars, equivalent to a +6.2% real annualized return.

Nominal final value

$9,784

+878.4% total return

Real value (2000 dollars)

$4,992

+399.2% real total return

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Real annualized return

+6.2%

vs. +8.9% nominal annualized

Cumulative CPI-U inflation since 2000: 96% (1 dollar in 2000 = $1.96 in 2026)

Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)

$1,000 in American Express since 2000, values in constant 2000 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2000 $)
2000$1,000$1,000
2001$863$841
2002$663$632
2003$663$619
2004$976$886
2005$1,013$889
2006$1,148$978
2007$1,287$1,064
2008$1,098$874
2009$382$306
2010$887$693
2011$1,040$780
2012$1,221$897
2013$1,452$1,045
2014$2,124$1,506
2015$2,038$1,446
2016$1,372$959
2017$1,997$1,365
2018$2,639$1,750
2019$2,768$1,793
2020$3,549$2,263
2021$3,234$1,963
2022$5,055$2,811
2023$4,986$2,671
2024$5,805$3,021
2025$9,282$4,736
2026$10,407$5,310

Inflation adjustment uses BLS CPI-U annual data, deflated to 2026 dollars. Nominal stock data from Yahoo Finance (split-adjusted closing prices). Real values are expressed in constant 2000 purchasing-power dollars. For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. See our methodology and full disclaimer.