NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 57.15% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 70.98%. Currently, NVIDIA has a market capitalization of $1.21 trillion.

Buying $1000 In NVDA: If an investor had bought $1000 of NVDA stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $14,890.60 today based on a price of $488.20 for NVDA at the time of writing.

NVIDIA's Performance Over Last 5 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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