Iamgold (NYSE:IAG) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 37.47% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 49.35%. Currently, Iamgold has a market capitalization of $10.01 billion.

Buying $1000 In IAG: If an investor had bought $1000 of IAG stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $7,245.87 today based on a price of $17.54 for IAG at the time of writing.

Iamgold’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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