I don ' t want to buy any paperback copies , I like reading it online . I would give money to Oda though , if there was a donation or manga Netflix way to do it . <| sep |>$ 31 , 243 . 09 before expenses and taxes on a total investment of $ 16 , 000 . I calculated this as followsI assumed that on January 1 , 2000 , you invested $ 1 , 000 in the SP 500 . I used the annual SP 500 return including dividends per Wikipedia . For 2000 , this was 9 . 1 %. So , in 2000 , your investment shrunk to $ 909 . On January 1 , 2001 , you added $ 1 , 000 so your new balance is $ 1 , 909 . The market fell by 11 . 89 % in 2001 , so your ending balance is now $ 1 , 682 . 02 . Keep doing this until the end of 2015 , and you get $ 31 , 243 . 09 or almost double your initial investment !