$100 Invested In Amazon.com 15 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today

Amazon.com AMZN has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 16.66% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 28.72%. Currently, Amazon.com has a market capitalization of $1.83 trillion.

Buying $100 In AMZN: If an investor had bought $100 of AMZN stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $4,436.91 today based on a price of $174.04 for AMZN at the time of writing.

Amazon.com'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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