SHIB was the ‘biggest investment of a lifetime’ if traders had bought $1,000 worth of tokens during its early days. Yes, Shiba Inu’s 5-year returns are so robust, that it single-handedly beat the profits of the NASDAQ Composite, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the S&P 500 index combined. Even the US stock market has not delivered that many returns in 5 years the way SHIB generated money.
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NASDAQ, Dow Jones, and S&P 500 Index Bow Down To Shiba Inu
Shiba Inu was trading at $0.000000000056 (10 zeroes) in the indices in August 2020 days after its launch. An investment of $1,000 at that time could have enabled investors to accumulate around 17 trillion SHIB tokens. The $1,000 investment in Shiba Inu would have generated life-changing gains which even the NASDAQ index failed to do.
From August 2020 to July 2025, the dog-themed token has deleted six zeroes and is now trading with four zeroes in the charts. Its price is now trading at $0.00001174, therefore, it has surged by 20 million percent in five years. While Shiba Inu spiked 20 million percent in five years, NASDAQ has risen only 93% during the same timeframe.
Apart from NASDAQ, Dow Jones has spiked 70% in five years while the S&P 500 index surged 96% since 2020 and is nothing compared to the returns of Shiba Inu. If you had held the 17 trillion tokens from 2020 to July 2025, the $1,000 investment could be worth $199.5 million today. That’s staggering returns even leading equities failed to generate in a short period.
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The $1,000 investment in NASDAQ, Dow Jones, or the S&P 500 index could have made profits of less than $2,000. In conclusion, Shiba Inu has massively outperformed NASDAQ, Dow Jones, and the S&P 500 index has a much larger margin. However, its price is now heading south and might not generate the same level of returns anymore in the future.