If You Invested $100 In Apple 20 Years Ago, Here's How Much You Would Have Today

Apple AAPL has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 27.58% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 34.78%. Currently, Apple has a market capitalization of $2.84 trillion.

Buying $100 In AAPL: If an investor had bought $100 of AAPL stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $41,002.74 today based on a price of $173.98 for AAPL at the time of writing.

Apple's Performance Over Last 20 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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