Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 17.75% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 26.11%. Currently, Amazon.com has a market capitalization of $2.41 trillion.

Buying $1000 In AMZN: If an investor had bought $1000 of AMZN stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $101,867.91 today based on a price of $228.85 for AMZN at the time of writing.

Amazon.com'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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