NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 34.46% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 46.28%. Currently, NVIDIA has a market capitalization of $3.42 trillion.

Buying $1000 In NVDA: If an investor had bought $1000 of NVDA stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $311,254.16 today based on a price of $139.78 for NVDA at the time of writing.

NVIDIA'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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