Google’s Alphabet stock (NASDAQ: GOOG) can make you earn more than $300,000 if you want to. In a world of instant gratification, patience is a virtue of a few. Billionaire Warren Buffett once famously said ”Our favorite holding period is forever.” He went on to explain the secret recipe for success. ”If you don’t feel comfortable owning a stock for 10 years, you shouldn’t own it for 10 minutes.”
Warren Buffett lost $23 billion during the 2008 market crash, but he rarely got nervous that his portfolio went south. While everyone pressed the ‘sell’ button, he just held on to his portfolio with calmness and patience. After the market recovered, his portfolio more than tripled in value. There’s so much truth in his wisdom, and let’s decode it, for example, with Google’s Alphabet stock.
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Alphabet: How Google Stock Could Have Made You $365,000 Today
When you see Google’s Alphabet stock price today, you always think, ‘I wish I could have bought it 10 years ago.’ Now let’s bring that to life in this article, and see how much that ‘wish’ could have turned into today. For instance, GOOG was trading at roughly $710 per share (pre-split) in 2016. An investment of $10,000 would have secured you 13.5 shares at the time.
Google’s Alphabet stock did a 20:1 split in July 2022, making your 13.5 shares turn into 270 shares. Now, this is not enough, consider you did a $350 a month dollar-cost-averaging (DCA) (roughly the cost of a car payment or a few nights out) on the stock for 10 years straight. It is an investment that could have been rewarding and generated massive income.
So let’s do the number crunching on Google’s Alphabet stock now:
- An initial investment of $10,000 would have been worth $90,000 today. (35.80 post-split price)
- $350 per month DCA (total $42,000) would have been worth $215,000 today.
- Total amount invested – $10,000 initial amount + $350 DCA ($42,000) comes to $52,000 out of pocket.
- The same $52,000 worth of investment started from 2016 is worth $365,000 today in March 2026.
That’s 7x returns in 10 years from Google’s Alphabet stock, and the amount is comfortable enough not to worry about today’s market volatility. Buffett is a prime example that holding on for the long term generates massive profits. Now, just when you think ‘Wish I had invested 10 years ago,’ now put the same to work from 2026 to 2036.
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Now Read The Catch Behind the $365,000 Fortune
Let’s leave out the historical context of Google’s Alphabet stock price, and do the math from the future’s perspective hereon from 2026 to 2036. The catch isn’t in the math, it’s in the mindset. For example, to make $365,000, you had to hold the 2022 tech wreck, AI spending worries, and so on. It’s similar to how Warren Buffett held on to his stocks despite the 2008 crash.
Google’s Alphabet stock is also now a dividend disbursement company fueled by cash payouts. So hitting the $365,000 target can be even faster compared to the last decade. The true catch here is long-term discipline by doing nothing. PLEASE, to fully understand this concept that we discussed, read the first paragraph of this article again.