Microsoft MSFT has outperformed the market by 4.66% on an annualized basis over the past 20 years and has produced a compound annual return of 12.46%. Microsoft currently has a market cap of $1.76 trillion.

Buying $1000 in MSFT: If an investor bought $1,000 worth of MSFT stock 20 years ago, it would be worth it $10,689.67 today based on a price of $235.40 for MSFT at the time of writing.

Microsoft’s performance over the past 20 years

Finally – what is all this? The most important takeaway to take from this article is how much of a difference compound returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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