What if you invested $1,000 in Morgan Stanley in 2010? (Inflation-Adjusted)

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Morgan Stanley turned $1,000 into $8,745 between 2010 and today. Impressive on paper, but inflation over that span came to 53% (BLS CPI-U). Adjusted for that erosion in purchasing power, your real gain in constant 2010 dollars is $5,716, which works out to a +11.4% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$8,745

+774.5% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$5,716

+471.6% real total return

Real annualized return

+11.4%

vs. +14.3% nominal annualized

Cumulative CPI-U inflation since 2010: 53% (1 dollar in 2010 = $1.53 in 2026)

Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)

$1,000 in Morgan Stanley since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,106$1,063
2012$708$666
2013$878$809
2014$1,143$1,039
2015$1,324$1,203
2016$1,029$922
2017$1,731$1,516
2018$2,349$1,996
2019$1,796$1,491
2020$2,283$1,866
2021$3,018$2,347
2022$4,725$3,366
2023$4,643$3,186
2024$4,323$2,882
2025$7,109$4,646
2026$9,651$6,308

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 2010 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.