MSFT - Microsoft Corporation Stock Performance Guide

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Amount Invested	Date	# of Shares Purchased	# of Shares on 12-31-11	Stock Price on 12-31-11	Total Value on 12-31-11
$5,000	3-13-1986	178.5714	65,788.7355	$25.96	$1,707,875.57
$5,000	1-2-1990	56.3380	10,377.9362	$25.96	$269,411.22
$5,000	1-3-1995	83.0737	1,700.3198	$25.96	$44,140.30
$5,000	1-3-2000	42.8954	109.7458	$25.96	$2,849.00
$5,000	1-3-2005	186.9858	212.5220	$25.96	$5,517.07
$5,000	1-4-2010	161.5509	169.2747	$25.96	$4,394.37

Microsoft Corporation's (MSFT) initial public offering was on March 13, 1986. Since that time the stock has split 9 times. If you had invested $5,000 in Microsoft's IPO, you would have more than 1.7 million dollars today when factoring in reinvested dividends. This is an absolutely amazing return in a little over 25 years. In recent years, it has slowed to a halt an even shifted into reverse. In fact, an investment in Microsoft at the beginning of 2000 would only be worth a little less than $3,000 at the end of 2011.