Total return, not price
Dividends reinvested, so the numbers reflect what an investor would actually have earned.
If you had invested 5 years ago…
Five years, one lump sum, and a final value on screen. Which index turned your money into that? The gap between the best and worst answer is usually shocking.
Global benchmarks
US, European, Japanese and emerging-market indices measured over the same window.
Cumulative and annualised
See both the headline growth and the compound annual rate behind it.
Compounding is easier to feel than to calculate
A 9% annual return and a 14% annual return sound similar. Over five years they are not: one roughly doubles your money and the other adds half. Seeing that gap expressed as concrete end values, again and again across real indices, builds a much better instinct for what index choice and time horizon actually do to a portfolio than any formula does.
Frequently asked questions
What does this game ask?
It shows what €10,000 invested five years ago would be worth today, as a total return, and you match that outcome to the right stock index.
Is dividend income included?
Yes. Figures are total returns, so reinvested dividends are part of the outcome — which is exactly where index comparisons usually surprise people.
Which indices are used?
Major global benchmarks, so you can compare US, European, Japanese and emerging-market outcomes over the same five-year window.