If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 15 Years Ago, You Would Have $6,600 Today

Microsoft MSFT has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 6.35% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 13.52%. Currently, Microsoft has a market capitalization of $1.70 trillion.

Buying $1000 In MSFT: If an investor had bought $1000 of MSFT stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $6,627.65 today based on a price of $227.90 for MSFT at the time of writing.

Microsoft'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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