Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 5.59% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.71%. Currently, Charles Schwab has a market capitalization of $170.63 billion.

Buying $100 In SCHW: If an investor had bought $100 of SCHW stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $249.07 today based on a price of $94.00 for SCHW at the time of writing.

Charles Schwab's Performance Over Last 5 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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