托福阅读丨谷歌上市以来涨1780%，但有10只股票跑赢了它

本期的托福阅读栏目，长沙新航道小编为大家带来一篇金融相关的报道，故事的主角谷歌上市以来疯狂增长了1780%，但仍有10只股票跑赢谷歌，另外在此期间还有17家公司损失了一大半价值。

Google went public 12 years ago today at $85 a share. Although there were many skeptics who doubted the search engine company could possibly justify that value, the stock has done phenomenally well ever since.

Accounting for a 2-1 stock split in 2014 and at Google’s current price of almost $800 a share, an investor who bought at the IPO and held on for the whole dozen-year ride would have a gain of 1,780%, according to money manager and research firm Bespoke Investment Group. While the overall market has done well since August 2004, Google still walloped the field, as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index posted a comparatively meager price gain of only 99% over the same period.

But there were 10 stocks that actually outperformed Google over the past 12 years, according to Bespoke’s calculations.

Jeff Bezos’ narrowly came out ahead, with an 1,827% gain.Salesforce.com, Intuitive Surgical and Alexion Pharmaceuticals also did considerably better.

Two beloved tech stars returned more than twice Google’s gain. Netflix rose 4,181% and Apple posted a staggering 4,686% rise – starting at $2.27, after accounting for splits, to its current price of over $108.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticalsgained 4907%, Illumina rose 6,459% and Priceline Group jumped 6,984% – hitting almost 70 times its price 12 years ago.

But the top performer of all is a bit harder to guess. It was energy drink maker Monster Beverage, which posted a mind blowing 11,731% gain. At almost $161 per share, it’s trading at over 100 times its price of $1.36 from 12 years ago.

But there weren’t all winners in the stock market over the past 12 years. Bespoke also collected a list of the worst performers among the 404 members of the S&P 500 Index that are still trading (stocks that went bankrupt, were acquired or otherwise vanished were not included).

Most were crushed by the 2008 financial crisis and never recovered. AIG has lost 95% of its value, Citigroup 90%, and ETrade Financial 79%, marking the bottom of the charts. Overall, eight of the 15 stocks with the biggest losses were in the financial sector.

12年前,谷歌以85美元一股的价格上市。尽管当时许多人都质疑这家搜索引擎公司是否值这么多钱，但从那以后这只股票一直表现非凡。

资产管理及研究机构Bespoke Investment Group计算，考虑到2014年一拆二的股票拆分以及目前近800美元的股价，在谷歌上市之初买入这只股票并持股整整12年的投资者将实现1780%的收益。虽然2004年8月以来美国股市一直表现良好，但谷歌把大盘远远抛在身后，原因是标普500指数在此期间的可比涨幅只有99%。

不过，Bespoke Investment Group的计算结果表明，12年来有10只股票的表现比谷歌还好。

杰夫·贝佐斯的亚马逊以1827%的涨幅略胜一筹，Salesforce.com、Intuitive Surgical和Alexion Pharmaceuticals也明显跑赢谷歌。

两只备受青睐的科技明星股带来的回报率是谷歌的两倍以上。Netflix上升了4181%，苹果公司的涨幅更是高达4686%——它最初的股价为2.27美元，期间拆过股，目前股价超过108美元。

再生元制药公司的股价增长了4907%，Illumina上涨了6459%，Priceline Group的股价几乎是12年前的70倍，涨幅为6984%。

不过，增长最多的公司有点儿难猜。它就是功能饮料生产商怪物饮料公司（Monster Beverage），其股价涨幅达到令人咋舌的11731%。目前该公司股价接近161美元，和12年前的1.36美元相比提高了100多倍。

然而，美国股市在过去12年中并非全线飘红。Bespoke Investment Group还在标普500指数的404只成分股中（不包括破产、被收购以及由于其他原因而消失的个股）找出了表现最差的公司。

其中大多数都是在2008年金融危机中一蹶不振的股票。在跌幅榜上名列三甲的是价值流失了95%的AIG、下跌90%的花旗集团和下跌79%的ETrade Financial。总的来说，15只跌幅的个股中有8只来自金融板块。

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