Brookfield (NYSE:BN) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 3.87% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 12.31%. Currently, Brookfield has a market capitalization of $75.15 billion.

Buying $1000 In BN: If an investor had bought $1000 of BN stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $10,097.61 today based on a price of $49.84 for BN at the time of writing.

Brookfield'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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