$1000 Invested In This Stock 15 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today

Amazon.com AMZN has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 14.17% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 25.54%. Currently, Amazon.com has a market capitalization of $1.99 trillion.

Buying $1000 In AMZN: If an investor had bought $1000 of AMZN stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $29,456.92 today based on a price of $189.59 for AMZN at the time of writing.

Amazon.com'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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