Ten years ago, $10,000 wasn’t enough to buy freedom, but it was enough to start.

If you had invested it wisely, here’s what it would be worth today:

• GLD (Gold): $29,353
• Berkshire Hathaway: $33,369
• S&P 500 (SPY): $35,251
• QQQ (Nasdaq 100): $53,664
• Google: $55,560
• Walmart: $48,405
• Apple: $76,798
• Meta (Facebook): $77,101
• Amazon: $84,189
• Netflix: $110,397
• Microsoft: $120,220
• Tesla: $178,602
• AMD: $757,720
• Nvidia: $3,397,597
• Bitcoin: $4,109,195

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📊 The Lesson

• Even “average” choices (SPY, Berkshire, Walmart) tripled your money.
• Big Tech leaders (Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta) gave 7x–12x returns.
• Visionary bets:
  • Tesla delivered ~18x — life-changing returns.
  • AMD brought ~75x — close to millionaire status.
  • Nvidia created true multi-millionaires.
• And Bitcoin… turned $10K into over $4 million.

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🚀 What This Means

• Those who invested are living completely different lives today.
• Those who waited, hesitated, or did nothing are still stuck paying bills and fighting the same daily battles.
• The difference between a worker and an investor is not luck — it’s action and foresight.

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⚖️ Two Types of People

• Investors: Build capital, create legacies, give their children opportunities.
• Spectators: Stay in the same cycle, pass on the same struggles to the next generation.

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🔥 The next 10 years will also pass.
The only question is: will you still be in the same place, or will your capital work for you?

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With experience and realism,
George Zimmerman
Your broker & market partner