What if I purchase $10,000 US dollar ROSS stock back in 1999?

Sept. 24, 2019

Introduction

It is my personal finance research. I am thinking about hard working, but also I am thinking what if I were so smart back in 1999. I purchased brand new Ford Explorer, I frequently shopped on ROSS store, but I never thought about ROSS stock price back in 1999. What if I purchase $10,000 us dollars ROSS stock in 1999?

Case study

The stock price of ROSS back in 1999 is around $2.0 dollars. The stock price in Sept. 24, 2019 is $100.00 dollars. 50 times more. If I make the purchase, then I can retire now.

I just could not believe that life can be so easy. I can write code every day, every hour. Just for fun, entertain myself with tough algorithms.

Here is my github folder to show how much I spent on ROSS store around 1999 to 2001. I just could not believe that I was lack of business education, emotional, and impulsive shopping twenty years ago.

Financial data

Here is the link.

Ross Stores Historical Annual Stock Price Data
Year	Average Stock Price	Year Open	Year High	Year Low	Year Close	Annual % Change
2019	98.1712	83.7800	109.3600	83.0800	108.2400	30.10%
2018	85.8212	80.5000	103.3300	74.8400	83.2000	3.68%
2017	64.1682	65.6100	80.9600	53.0300	80.2500	22.33%
2016	59.5187	54.3700	69.5300	52.1000	65.6000	21.91%
2015	50.4959	46.8650	56.5300	44.8100	53.8100	14.17%
2014	36.7285	37.1350	47.1300	31.0750	47.1300	25.80%
2013	33.2797	27.2200	40.8200	27.2200	37.4650	38.53%
2012	30.1116	23.6450	34.9900	23.6450	27.0450	13.80%
2011	19.3826	15.9700	24.4850	15.5500	23.7650	50.29%
2010	13.6204	10.6725	16.4175	10.6725	15.8125	48.09%
2009	9.9909	7.7025	12.1150	7.0625	10.6775	43.66%
2008	8.0962	6.2525	10.3275	5.3700	7.4325	16.27%
2007	7.5173	7.6225	8.7150	6.1700	6.3925	-12.73%
2006	6.9909	7.3600	7.8450	5.7000	7.3250	1.38%
2005	6.8159	6.9300	7.6025	5.6775	7.2250	0.10%
2004	6.6770	6.5325	8.2125	5.2875	7.2175	9.11%
2003	5.5579	5.4038	6.9938	4.1213	6.6150	24.84%
2002	4.8905	4.0838	5.8275	4.0125	5.2988	32.14%
2001	3.1107	2.1013	4.1488	2.1013	4.0100	90.05%
2000	2.0883	2.1638	3.0075	1.5313	2.1100	-5.91%
1999	2.6867	2.3988	3.2500	2.1325	2.2425	-8.89%
1998	2.4289	2.2581	3.1056	1.5275	2.4613	8.25%
1997	1.9203	1.5625	2.6131	1.2619	2.2738	45.52%
1996	1.0783	0.6172	1.6369	0.5898	1.5625	161.38%
1995	0.4244	0.3322	0.6484	0.3008	0.5978	70.02%
1994	0.4546	0.4103	0.5469	0.3400	0.3516	-13.46%
1993	0.5134	0.6291	0.7344	0.4025	0.4063	-35.42%
1992	0.5098	0.5041	0.6953	0.3438	0.6291	23.89%
1991	0.3834	0.1875	0.5703	0.1523	0.5078	170.83%
1990	0.2928	0.4416	0.4531	0.1367	0.1875	-57.89%
1989	0.5302	0.3281	0.7694	0.3163	0.4453	35.72%
1988	0.2410	0.1406	0.3438	0.1406	0.3281	154.74%
1987	0.2232	0.1563	0.3400	0.1131	0.1288	-13.21%

Sector	Industry	Market Cap	Revenue
Retail/Wholesale	Retail - Discount & Variety	$38.716B	$14.984B

Actionable Items

I am looking for ideas how to invest as a 53 years old Chinese Canadian. It is the first year I work on personal finance research. I start to learn that there are so many investment opportunity around our daily life.

I like to take some time to write down my thought process, and later on I can review and see what is the right direction for me to continue my research.

Passive income is definitely a good choice for me. Since I only have limit time to work to exchange time for money. I have a full time job, and also I like to educate myself, do it by myself.

Romans 5:4, CSB: "endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope."