Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 2.03% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 13.92%. Currently, Intercontinental Exchange has a market capitalization of $88.17 billion.

Buying $100 In ICE: If an investor had bought $100 of ICE stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $697.77 today based on a price of $153.56 for ICE at the time of writing.

Intercontinental Exchange's Performance Over Last 15 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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