Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 12.44% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 25.6%. Currently, Alphabet has a market capitalization of $4.15 trillion.

Buying $100 In GOOGL: If an investor had bought $100 of GOOGL stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $954.73 today based on a price of $343.85 for GOOGL at the time of writing.

Alphabet's Performance Over Last 10 Years

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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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