Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE:TSM) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 12.66% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 24.13%. Currently, Taiwan Semiconductor has a market capitalization of $1.82 trillion.

Buying $1000 In TSM: If an investor had bought $1000 of TSM stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,891.86 today based on a price of $351.21 for TSM at the time of writing.

Taiwan Semiconductor'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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