Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 9.29% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 23.13%. Currently, Amazon.com has a market capitalization of $2.23 trillion.

Buying $100 In AMZN: If an investor had bought $100 of AMZN stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $801.07 today based on a price of $209.01 for AMZN at the time of writing.

Amazon.com's Performance Over Last 10 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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