Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 2.06% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 10.48%. Currently, Charles Schwab has a market capitalization of $116.84 billion.

Buying $100 In SCHW: If an investor had bought $100 of SCHW stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $721.69 today based on a price of $63.87 for SCHW at the time of writing.

Charles Schwab'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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