iShares Russell 1000 Growth Fund (NYSE:IWF) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 2.95% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 12.36%. Currently, iShares Russell 1000 Growth Fund has a market capitalization of $132.98 billion.

Buying $100 In IWF: If an investor had bought $100 of IWF stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $1,028.87 today based on a price of $128.12 for IWF at the time of writing.

iShares Russell 1000 Growth Fund's Performance Over Last 20 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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