Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 40.2% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 52.01%. Currently, Broadcom has a market capitalization of $1.80 trillion.

Buying $100 In AVGO: If an investor had bought $100 of AVGO stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $802.95 today based on a price of $382.07 for AVGO at the time of writing.

Broadcom'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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