Marsh & McLennan (NYSE:MMC) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 2.62% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 16.31%. Currently, Marsh & McLennan has a market capitalization of $108.69 billion.

Buying $1000 In MMC: If an investor had bought $1000 of MMC stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,141.67 today based on a price of $221.31 for MMC at the time of writing.

Marsh & McLennan'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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