Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 18.8% on an annualized basis.
Buying $100 In AMZN: 5 years ago, an investor could have purchased 0.13 shares of Amazon.com at the time with $100. This investment in AMZN would have produced an average annual return of 34.36%. Currently, Amazon.com has a market capitalization of $1.71 trillion.
Amazon.com's Share Price Over Last 5 Years
This $100 investment would be worth $439.06 today based on a price of $3377.42 for AMZN at the time of writing. In other words, you would have more than quadrupled your money.
Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.
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