“Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.”
— Warren Buffett
The Warren Buffett investment philosophy calls for a long-term investment horizon, where a ten year holding period, or even longer, would fit right into the strategy. How would such a strategy have worked out for an investment into Discovery Inc – Series C (NASD: DISCK)? Today, we examine the outcome of a ten year investment into the stock back in 2009.
| Start date: | 04/01/2009 |
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| End date: | 03/29/2019 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $7.77 | ||||
| End price/share: | $25.42 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 1,287.00 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 1,287.00 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | 227.16% | ||||
| Average annual return: | 12.59% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $32,723.30 | ||||
As we can see, the ten year investment result worked out quite well, with an annualized rate of return of 12.59%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 10 years ago into $32,723.30 today (as of 03/29/2019). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 227.16% (something to think about: how might DISCK shares perform over the next 10 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]
Here’s one more great investment quote before you go:
“If you have more than 120 or 130 I.Q. points, you can afford to give the rest away. You don’t need extraordinary intelligence to succeed as an investor.” — Warren Buffett
