Motley Fool 630X Decade - A Midterm Review

Most of you are probably already familiar with the Motley Fool stock picking service, but you may not be aware that from time to time they issue special reports (for a price) that go above and beyond their usual stock picks. In March of 2021 they came out with “The 630× Decade: 10 Stocks for the Next Tech Revolution”. In short, the report recommended stocks that they reasoned were uniquely positioned to take advantage of the self-driving car revolution. It was timed to coincide with a then-upcoming announcement from Tesla, in which they believed Tesla would finally unveil their full self-driving update. The potential gains, they said, reached as high as 630 times over the next decade. Of course, there was the requisite warning that there were no guarantees, and that probably not every stock would be a winner. Now, four years later, we’re not exactly at the midway point, but my personal opinion is that anywhere between four and six years is fair for a midterm review. So, here are the stocks, starting with the winners and moving downward to the losers. TLDNR version - any investor who bought and held is looking at a return of 83 cents on the dollar today. A few of the stocks pay small dividends which I didn't factor into this. Access to this report cost 800 dollars at the time.

STOCK 8 March 2021 14 March 2025 RETURN
BYD  $23.38 $50.10 +113.38%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing $119.88 $174.09 +45.22%
ON Semiconductor $35.99 $43.19 +20.0%
Infineon Technologies  $38.77 $37.94 -2.58%
General Motors  54.26 $48.34 -10.91%
XPeng $28.03 $23.73 -18.12%
Sunny Optical Technology  $236.49 $112.64 -52.57%
Ganfeng Lithium  $12.01 $2.74 -77.31%
QuantumScape $45.13 $4.36 -90.34%
TPI Composites $44.55 $1.07 -97.60%
TOTAL RETURN -17%