Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 22.81% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 35.07%. Currently, Gold Fields has a market capitalization of $33.04 billion.

Buying $1000 In GFI: If an investor had bought $1000 of GFI stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $4,496.33 today based on a price of $36.94 for GFI at the time of writing.

Gold Fields’s Performance Over Last 5 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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