Gold Fields GFI has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 10.85% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 24.81%. Currently, Gold Fields has a market capitalization of $16.81 billion.

Buying $100 In GFI: If an investor had bought $100 of GFI stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $316.69 today based on a price of $18.78 for GFI at the time of writing.

Gold Fields'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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