If you’ve got $1,000 sitting in the bank, you have options. We’ll walk you through how to invest 1000 dollars, even if you don’t have expert-level knowledge.

SPY data by YCharts. How much can a $1,000 investment grow over 50-plus years? Investing $1,000 and just letting it sit in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF can be a no-nonsense way to grow your portfolio's ...

A $1,000 investment in SPY stock could have bought 12.82 shares at the time, based on an adjusted price of $78.03 on Jan. 22, 1999. The $1,000 invested in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust would be worth ...