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If you'd put $1,000 into Intel stock 20 years ago, here's what you'd have today

An ASU finance expert weighs in on why Intel was one of the most profitable stocks between 1990 and 2020.

In this story published Sept. 19, 2025, in Kiplinger:

It's been a curious ride for INTC investors. Thanks to its dot-com era heyday, Intel was one of the 30 best stocks in the world from 1990 to 2020. In those three decades, INTC stock generated more than $340 billion in wealth for shareholders, or an annualized dollar-weighted return of 16%, says Hendrik Bessembinder, a finance professor at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.

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