History Says Buying the Nasdaq-100 at the Dot-Com Peak Still (Eventually) Turned $10,000 Into About $72,000

Key Points The Invesco QQQ Trust closed at its dot-com peak of $117.75 on March 27, 2000, then fell 83% to its October 2002 low. With dividends reinvested, money invested at that peak didn't get back to even until February 2015. Cisco and Intel, two giants of that era, didn't close above their 2000 peaks again until December 2025 and this past April. 10 stocks we like better than Invesco QQQ Trust › On March 27, 2000, the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) closed at $117.75. That was the top. The Nasdaq-100 index the fund tracks peaked that day, and the fund didn't close above that price again for more than 16 years. And yet the worst-timed purchase in the fund's 27-year history still worked out fine.