Should You Buy an All-Time High?

Every colored tick on the timeline represents an all-time high for its security. The color represents how well you'd have done by buying it: green if you'd have beaten the market average, grey for average, red for underperforming the market. Hover or tap individual all-time highs to learn more.

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today's price≥+22%/yr7%/yr≤−8%/yr
the usual planning figure

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  1. SPY
    SPDR S&P 500 ETF
  2. QQQ
    Invesco QQQ Trust
  3. VOO
    Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
  4. DIA
    SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF
  5. IWM
    iShares Russell 2000 ETF
  6. AAPL
    Apple Inc.
  7. MSFT
    Microsoft Corporation
  8. GOOGL
    Alphabet Inc.
  9. GOOG
    Alphabet Inc.
  10. AMZN
    Amazon.com, Inc.
  11. META
    Meta Platforms, Inc.
  12. NVDA
    NVIDIA Corporation
  13. TSLA
    Tesla, Inc.
  14. NFLX
    Netflix, Inc.
  15. AMD
    Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  16. AVGO
    Broadcom Inc.
  17. ORCL
    Oracle Corporation
  18. XLK
    Technology Select Sector SPDR
  19. SMH
    VanEck Semiconductor ETF
  20. SOXX
    iShares Semiconductor ETF
  21. GLD
    SPDR Gold Shares
  22. BTC-USD
    Bitcoin
  23. ABBV
    AbbVie Inc.
  24. ABNB
    Airbnb, Inc.
  25. ABT
    Abbott Laboratories
  26. ACN
    Accenture plc
  27. ADBE
    Adobe Inc.
  28. ADI
    Analog Devices, Inc.
  29. ADP
    Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
  30. ADSK
    Autodesk, Inc.
  31. AEP
    American Electric Power Company, Inc.
  32. AIG
    American International Group, Inc.
  33. ALAB
    Astera Labs, Inc.
  34. AMAT
    Applied Materials, Inc.
  35. AMGN
    Amgen Inc.
  36. APP
    AppLovin Corporation
  37. ARKK
    ARK Innovation ETF
  38. ARM
    Arm Holdings plc
  39. ASML
    ASML Holding N.V.
  40. AXON
    Axon Enterprise, Inc.
  41. AXP
    American Express Company
  42. BA
    The Boeing Company
  43. BAC
    Bank of America Corporation
  44. BCH-USD
    Bitcoin Cash
  45. BIIB
    Biogen Inc.
  46. BKNG
    Booking Holdings Inc.
  47. BKR
    Baker Hughes Company
  48. BLK
    BlackRock, Inc.
  49. BMY
    Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
  50. BNB-USD
    BNB
  51. C
    Citigroup Inc.
  52. CAT
    Caterpillar Inc.
  53. CDNS
    Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
  54. CDW
    CDW Corporation
  55. CEG
    Constellation Energy Corporation
  56. CHTR
    Charter Communications, Inc.
  57. CL
    Colgate-Palmolive Company
  58. CMCSA
    Comcast Corporation
  59. COF
    Capital One Financial Corporation
  60. COHR
    Coherent Corp.
  61. COP
    ConocoPhillips
  62. COPX
    Global X Copper Miners ETF
  63. COST
    Costco Wholesale Corporation
  64. CPRT
    Copart, Inc.
  65. CRM
    Salesforce, Inc.
  66. CRWD
    CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
  67. CSCO
    Cisco Systems, Inc.
  68. CSGP
    CoStar Group, Inc.
  69. CSX
    CSX Corporation
  70. CTAS
    Cintas Corporation
  71. CTSH
    Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
  72. CVX
    Chevron Corporation
  73. DASH
    DoorDash, Inc.
  74. DDOG
    Datadog, Inc.
  75. DE
    Deere & Company
  76. DHR
    Danaher Corporation
  77. DIS
    The Walt Disney Company
  78. DLTR
    Dollar Tree, Inc.
  79. DOGE-USD
    Dogecoin
  80. DRAM
    Roundhill Memory ETF
  81. DUK
    Duke Energy Corporation
  82. DXCM
    DexCom, Inc.
  83. EA
    EA
  84. EBAY
    eBay Inc.
  85. EMR
    Emerson Electric Co.
  86. ENTG
    Entegris, Inc.
  87. ETC-USD
    Ethereum Classic
  88. ETH-USD
    Ethereum
  89. EXC
    Exelon Corporation
  90. F
    Ford Motor Company
  91. FANG
    Diamondback Energy, Inc.
  92. FAST
    Fastenal Company
  93. FDX
    FedEx Corporation
  94. FTEC
    Fidelity MSCI Information Technology ETF
  95. FTNT
    Fortinet, Inc.
  96. GD
    General Dynamics Corporation
  97. GDX
    VanEck Gold Miners ETF
  98. GE
    GE Aerospace
  99. GEHC
    GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.
  100. GFS
    GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
  101. GILD
    Gilead Sciences, Inc.
  102. GM
    General Motors Company
  103. GS
    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
  104. HD
    The Home Depot, Inc.
  105. HON
    Honeywell International Inc.
  106. IBM
    International Business Machines Corporation
  107. IDXX
    IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
  108. IGV
    iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
  109. INTC
    Intel Corporation
  110. INTU
    Intuit Inc.
  111. ISRG
    Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
  112. IVV
    iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
  113. IVW
    iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF
  114. IWY
    iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF
  115. IYW
    iShares U.S. Technology ETF
  116. JNJ
    Johnson & Johnson
  117. JPM
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  118. KDP
    Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
  119. KHC
    The Kraft Heinz Company
  120. KLAC
    KLA Corporation
  121. KO
    The Coca-Cola Company
  122. LIN
    Linde plc
  123. LLY
    Eli Lilly and Company
  124. LMT
    Lockheed Martin Corporation
  125. LOW
    Lowe's Companies, Inc.
  126. LRCX
    Lam Research Corporation
  127. LTC-USD
    Litecoin
  128. LULU
    lululemon athletica inc.
  129. MA
    Mastercard Incorporated
  130. MAR
    Marriott International, Inc.
  131. MCD
    McDonald's Corporation
  132. MCHP
    Microchip Technology Incorporated
  133. MDB
    MongoDB, Inc.
  134. MDLZ
    Mondelez International, Inc.
  135. MDT
    Medtronic plc
  136. MELI
    MercadoLibre, Inc.
  137. MET
    MetLife, Inc.
  138. MGK
    Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF
  139. MKSI
    MKS Inc.
  140. MMM
    3M Company
  141. MNST
    Monster Beverage Corporation
  142. MO
    Altria Group, Inc.
  143. MRK
    Merck & Co., Inc.
  144. MRVL
    Marvell Technology, Inc.
  145. MS
    Morgan Stanley
  146. MSTR
    Strategy Inc
  147. MU
    Micron Technology, Inc.
  148. NEE
    NextEra Energy, Inc.
  149. NKE
    NIKE, Inc.
  150. NOW
    ServiceNow, Inc.
  151. NXPI
    NXP Semiconductors N.V.
  152. ODFL
    Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
  153. OEF
    iShares S&P 100 ETF
  154. ON
    ON Semiconductor Corporation
  155. ORLY
    O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.
  156. PALL
    abrdn Palladium ETF
  157. PANW
    Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
  158. PAYX
    Paychex, Inc.
  159. PCAR
    PACCAR Inc
  160. PDD
    PDD Holdings Inc.
  161. PEP
    PepsiCo, Inc.
  162. PFE
    Pfizer Inc.
  163. PG
    The Procter & Gamble Company
  164. PLTR
    Palantir Technologies Inc.
  165. PM
    Philip Morris International Inc.
  166. PPLT
    abrdn Platinum ETF
  167. PSI
    Invesco Semiconductors ETF
  168. PYPL
    PayPal Holdings, Inc.
  169. QCOM
    QUALCOMM Incorporated
  170. REGN
    Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  171. ROP
    Roper Technologies, Inc.
  172. ROST
    Ross Stores, Inc.
  173. RTX
    RTX Corporation
  174. SBUX
    Starbucks Corporation
  175. SCHW
    The Charles Schwab Corporation
  176. SLV
    iShares Silver Trust
  177. SMCI
    Super Micro Computer, Inc.
  178. SNPS
    Synopsys, Inc.
  179. SO
    The Southern Company
  180. SOXQ
    Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF
  181. SPG
    Simon Property Group, Inc.
  182. SPYG
    SPDR S&P 500 Growth ETF
  183. STM
    STMicroelectronics N.V.
  184. T
    AT&T Inc.
  185. TEAM
    Atlassian Corporation
  186. TGT
    Target Corporation
  187. TMO
    Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
  188. TMUS
    T-Mobile US, Inc.
  189. TSM
    Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
  190. TTD
    The Trade Desk, Inc.
  191. TXN
    Texas Instruments Incorporated
  192. UNH
    UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
  193. UNP
    Union Pacific Corporation
  194. UPS
    United Parcel Service, Inc.
  195. USB
    U.S. Bancorp
  196. V
    Visa Inc.
  197. VGT
    Vanguard Information Technology ETF
  198. VRSK
    Verisk Analytics, Inc.
  199. VRTX
    Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
  200. VZ
    Verizon Communications Inc.
  201. WBD
    Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
  202. WDAY
    Workday, Inc.
  203. WFC
    Wells Fargo & Company
  204. WMT
    Walmart Inc.
  205. WOLF
    Wolfspeed, Inc.
  206. XEL
    Xcel Energy Inc.
  207. XLB
    Materials Select Sector SPDR
  208. XLC
    Communication Services Select Sector SPDR
  209. XLE
    Energy Select Sector SPDR
  210. XLF
    Financial Select Sector SPDR
  211. XLG
    Invesco Top 50 ETF
  212. XLI
    Industrial Select Sector SPDR
  213. XLM-USD
    Stellar
  214. XLP
    Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR
  215. XLRE
    Real Estate Select Sector SPDR
  216. XLU
    Utilities Select Sector SPDR
  217. XLV
    Health Care Select Sector SPDR
  218. XLY
    Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR
  219. XMR-USD
    Monero
  220. XOM
    ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation
  221. XRP-USD
    XRP
  222. XSD
    SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF
  223. ZEC-USD
    Zcash
  224. ZS
    Zscaler, Inc.

Notes

  • Split- and dividend-adjusted daily closes from Yahoo Finance. Only closes count, not intraday lows. These are today's biggest names, so survivorship flatters the returns.
  • Color is the annualized return from buying at that close to the latest close, with dividends reinvested and no inflation adjustment. Gray starts at 7% a year, the figure retirement planning most often assumes, usually after inflation, so it's a lenient bar here. The slider moves gray: 0% asks whether buying lost money, 3% is about inflation, and 10% is the S&P 500's long-run average before inflation.
  • Later opportunities to buy for cheaper counts the trading days after a high that closed at or below it.
  • The timeline starts in 2007 on phones, 1999 on tablets, and 1995 on wider screens.
  • The ▾ marks today's price: between the last all-time high today's close still clears and the next one, which it doesn't.
  • Data refreshed Sep 24, 2026.