<div style=”float: left; margin-right: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; width: 100%”><div style=”float: left; margin-right: 18px; width: 175px;”><img src=”https://mmjstockwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/warren-buffett-wikicommons.jpg”><div style=”font-size:6pt; color: #888888″>Photo credit: <a href=”https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Warren_Buffett” style=”text-decoration:none; font-size:6pt; color:#888888″>commons.wikimedia.org</a></div></div><small><i><br><br>”I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.”</i><br><br>— Warren Buffett</small></div><div style=”clear:both”><p><div style=”margin-left: 4px; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 18px; background-color: #FFFF99; border: 1px dotted #666666; font-family: ‘Trebuchet MS’; font-size: 16pt;”><a target=”_new” style=”color: #0000ED; font-weight: bold;” href=”https://www.dividendchannel.com/top-dividend-paying-stocks/”>Click Here For The Top Dividend Paying Stocks 2014-2019 »</a></div></p>The investment philosophy practiced by Warren Buffett calls for investors to take a long-term horizon when making an investment, such as a five year holding period (or even longer), and reconsider making the investment in the first place if unable to envision holding the stock for at least five years. Today, we look at how such a long-term strategy would have done for investors in Cadence Design Systems Inc (<a href=”https://www.dividendchannel.com/history/?symbol=cdns”>NASD: CDNS</a>) back in 2014, holding through to today. <table width=”100%” border=”0″ cellspacing=”0″ cellpadding=”3″ bgcolor=”FFFFFF”><tr><td class=”menuoff” colspan=”3″ style=”padding:0px; margin:0px;”><span class=”tabsmenu” style=”color:#FFFFFF; padding-left: 18px;”>CDNS 5-Year Return Details</span></td></tr> <tr> <td style=”margin:0px; text-align: left; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″>Start date:</font></td> <td align=”right” style=”margin:0px; text-align: right; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″ color=”222222″>05/16/2014</font></td> <td rowspan=”11″ style=”margin:0px; border-left: 1px solid #DDDDDD;background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #feffff 0%, #ddf1f9 35%, #a0d8ef 100%);background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #feffff 0%,#ddf1f9 35%,#a0d8ef 100%);background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #feffff 0%,#ddf1f9 35%,#a0d8ef 100%);filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr=’#feffff’, endColorstr=’#a0d8ef’,GradientType=0 );” valign=”bottom” align=”right” width=”125″> <table border=”0″ cellspacing=”0″ cellpadding=”0″ style=”font-size:11pt”> <tr><td valign=”bottom” align=”center” style=”font-size:10pt; margin:0px; vertical-align: bottom;”>$10,000<br><img src=”https://mmjstockwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mmjline.gif” width=”45″ height=”150″ style=”width:45px; height:150px;”><br><i><small>05/16/2014</small></i></td><td> </td><td valign=”bottom” align=”center” style=”font-size:10pt”>$43,787<br><img src=”https://mmjstockwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mmjline.gif” width=”45″ height=”300″ style=”width:45px; height:300px;”><br><i><small>05/15/2019</small></i></td></tr></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: left; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″>End date:</font></td> <td align=”right” style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: right; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″ color=”222222″>05/15/2019</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: left; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″>Start price/share:</font></td> <td align=”right” style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: right; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″ color=”222222″>$15.70</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: left; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″>End price/share:</font></td> <td align=”right” style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: right; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″ color=”222222″>$68.74</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: left; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″>Starting shares:</font></td> <td align=”right” style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: right; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″ color=”222222″>636.94</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: left; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″>Ending shares:</font></td> <td align=”right” style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: right; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″ color=”222222″>636.94</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: left; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″>Dividends reinvested/share:</font></td> <td align=”right” style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: right; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″ color=”222222″>$0.00</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: left; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″>Total return:</font></td> <td align=”right” style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: right; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″ color=”222222″>337.83%</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: left; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″>Average annual return:</font></td> <td align=”right” style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: right; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″ color=”222222″>34.36%</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: left; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″>Starting investment:</font></td> <td align=”right” style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: right; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″ color=”222222″>$10,000.00</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: left; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″>Ending investment:</font></td> <td align=”right” style=”height: 30px; margin:0px; text-align: right; padding: 6px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 13px;”><font face=”Arial” size=”2″ color=”222222″>$43,787.48</font></td> </tr> </table><p>As we can see, the five year investment result worked out exceptionally well, with an annualized rate of return of 34.36%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 5 years ago into <b>$43,787.48</b> today (as of 05/15/2019). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 337.83% (something to think about: how might CDNS shares perform over the <i>next</i> 5 years?). [These numbers were computed with the <a href=”https://www.dividendchannel.com/”>Dividend Channel </a><a href=”https://www.dividendchannel.com/drip-returns-calculator/”>DRIP Returns Calculator</a>.]</p><p>Another great investment quote to think about:<br><i>”The whole secret to winning big in the stock market is not to be right all the time, but to lose the least amount possible when you’re wrong.”</i> — William O’Neil</p><p><div style=”margin-top: 12px; margin-left: 4px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 18px; background-color: #FFFF99; border: 1px dotted #666666; font-family: ‘Trebuchet MS’; font-size: 16pt;”><a target=”_new” style=”color: #0000ED; font-weight: bold;” href=”https://www.dividendchannel.com/slideshows/warren-buffett-dividend-stocks/”>SLIDESHOW: Warren Buffett Dividend Stocks »</a></div></p>