You would have purchased 3.496503 index units at ~$1,430 each.
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If you had invested $5,000 in S&P 500 in 2000, when the price was approximately $1,430, you would have purchased 3.496503 index units. At today's price of approximately $5,600, that investment would be worth $19,580 — a 291.6% return over 26 years.