{
  "id": 7011449,
  "title": "$10,000 in Tesla When It Joined the S&P 500 Would Be About $15,700 Today. An Index Fund Would Have Done Better.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/10-000-in-tesla-when-it-joined-the-s-p-500-would-be-about-15-700",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-12T22:18:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motley Fool",
    "slug": "motley-fool",
    "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/09/12/usd10-000-in-tesla-when-it-joined-the-s-and-p-500-would-be-about-usd15-700-today-an-index-fund-would-have-done-better/?source=iedfolrf0000001"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tesla's inclusion in the S&P 500 on December 19, 2020, at a price of $695 per share led to significant trading activity, with over 200 million shares changing hands and generating more than $131 billion in volume. This marked one of the busiest trading days in Tesla's history. As every S&P 500 index fund effectively paid the $695 price for the stock on that day, a $10,000 investment in Tesla at the time would have grown to approximately $15,700 today. In contrast, a similar investment in an S&P 500 index fund would have yielded about $20,500 before accounting for dividends.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Finance",
        "title": "$10,000 in Tesla When It Joined the S&P 500 Would Be About $15,700 Today. An Index Fund Would Have Done Better.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/10-000-in-tesla-when-it-joined-the-s-p-500-would-be-about-15-700-7012945",
        "published": "2026-09-12T22:38:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Nasdaq Markets",
        "title": "$10,000 in Tesla When It Joined the S&P 500 Would Be About $15,700 Today. An Index Fund Would Have Done Better.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/10-000-in-tesla-when-it-joined-the-s-p-500-would-be-about-15-700-7025428",
        "published": "2026-09-12T22:38:01.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}