What if you invested $1,000 in Bank of America in 2015? (Inflation-Adjusted)

BAC · Financial · Adjusted to 2026 dollars using BLS CPI-U data

Nominal returns can be misleading over long periods. $1,000 in Bank of America in 2015 became $4,064 by 2026. Over those 11 years, cumulative CPI inflation reached 39% (BLS CPI-U). Restating the return in constant purchasing power, the real value of your gain in 2015 dollars is $2,923, a real annualized return of +10.1%.

Nominal final value

$4,064

+306.4% total return

Real value (2015 dollars)

$2,923

+192.3% real total return

Real annualized return

+10.1%

vs. +13.3% nominal annualized

Cumulative CPI-U inflation since 2015: 39% (1 dollar in 2015 = $1.39 in 2026)

Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)

$1,000 in Bank of America since 2015, values in constant 2015 dollars

Year	Nominal Value	Real Value (2015 $)
2015	$1,000	$1,000
2016	$945	$931
2017	$1,536	$1,481
2018	$2,206	$2,063
2019	$1,999	$1,826
2020	$2,357	$2,120
2021	$2,186	$1,871
2022	$3,467	$2,719
2023	$2,728	$2,061
2024	$2,696	$1,979
2025	$3,764	$2,708
2026	$4,425	$3,184

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 2015 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.