Asset Price Dynamics

Gold

+1,075% A quarter century of the ultimate safe haven 2001–2026

Gartner (NYSE: IT)

+1,916% A 25-year compounding machine meets the AI reckoning 2001–2026

Equinox Gold (TSX:EQX)

+164.4% A penny-stock shell that became an $18.5B gold senior 2001–2026

Agnico Eagle (NYSE/TSX: AEM)

+1,913% A single-mine Quebec producer turned multi-jurisdictional gold senior 2001–2026

Constellation Software (TSX: CSU)

+16,000% A disciplined roll-up of "boring" software into a compounding machine 2006–2026

Root, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROOT)

Boom · bust · recovery A $6.7B insurtech IPO that collapsed 99%, then re-rated to profitability 2020–2026

GoGold Resources (TSX: GGD)

+3,060% A CAD $0.10 IPO to a fully-funded, district-scale silver developer 2010–2026

Dundee Corporation (TSX: DC.A)

Peak → ruin → rebound A $50B powerhouse that sold its crown jewel and clawed back from insolvency 2000–2026

Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPRT)

+6,300% A scrapyard turned global digital salvage marketplace and compounding machine 2001–2026

The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI)

+841% A legacy underwriter turned capital-light, Evernorth-anchored health-services leviathan 2001–2026

The Progressive Corporation (NYSE: PGR)

+1,731% Underwriting discipline, telematics, and the sanctity of the 96 combined ratio 2001–2025

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG)

~73× A McDonald's-backed taqueria turned fast-casual juggernaut — IPO rocket, crisis, digital rebirth 2001–2026

PDD Holdings (Nasdaq: PDD)

Boom · crash · discount A rural-China group-buying app to a global e-commerce titan behind Temu 2015–2026

Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA)

Rupture · reckoning · re-rating A Hangzhou apartment B2B directory turned China's digital-infrastructure colossus — the Iron Triangle, the record NYSE IPO, and the AI pivot 1999–2026

Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN)

ESOP → public → GAAP shock A 1944 Los Angeles builder and 34-year employee-owned ESOP turned high-margin defense, intelligence & critical-infrastructure systems integrator 2001–2026

Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC)

Hypergrowth · megamerger · write-downs A 2002 telephonic doctor line to the digital-health bellwether — the $13.8B Livongo megamerger, the impairments, and the grinding turnaround 2002–2026

Yalla Group (NYSE: YALA)

Cash-rich · discounted · pivoting A Dubai voice-chat app built on the Arabic majlis turned cash-gushing, deeply discounted MENA digital-entertainment ecosystem 2016–2026

Bumble Inc. (Nasdaq: BMBL)

IPO peak → −95% A women-first dating app built on Badoo's engine — a $7B+ IPO undone by the TRA drag, dating fatigue, and an M&A endgame 2014–2026

LendingTree, Inc. (NASDAQ: TREE)

Crash · IAC · rebirth A “When Banks Compete, You Win” loan exchange that shed a near-fatal origination bet to become an asset-light financial marketplace 1999–2026

Fiverr International (NYSE: FVRR)

+752% · then the AI reckoning A $5-gig Tel Aviv marketplace that rode “Service-as-a-Product” to a pandemic moonshot, then met generative AI head-on 2010–2026