Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 8.66% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 21.14%. Currently, Goldman Sachs Group has a market capitalization of $280.60 billion.

Buying $100 In GS: If an investor had bought $100 of GS stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $257.60 today based on a price of $951.20 for GS at the time of writing.

Goldman Sachs Group's Performance Over Last 5 Years

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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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