$100 Invested In This Stock 15 Years Ago Would Be Worth $1,600 Today

Alphabet GOOGL has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 8.32% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 20.5%. Currently, Alphabet has a market capitalization of $2.07 trillion.

Buying $100 In GOOGL: If an investor had bought $100 of GOOGL stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $1,642.87 today based on a price of $167.13 for GOOGL at the time of writing.

Alphabet's Performance Over Last 15 Years

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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