“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 decade-long holding period, or even longer, would fit right into the strategy. How would such a strategy have worked out for an investment into United Continental Holdings Inc (NASD: UAL)? Today, we examine the outcome of a decade-long investment into the stock back in 2009.
| Start date: | 06/29/2009 |
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| End date: | 06/27/2019 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $3.47 | ||||
| End price/share: | $86.43 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 2,881.84 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 2,881.84 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | 2,390.78% | ||||
| Average annual return: | 37.92% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $249,041.94 | ||||
As shown above, the decade-long investment result worked out exceptionally well, with an annualized rate of return of 37.92%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 10 years ago into $249,041.94 today (as of 06/27/2019). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 2,390.78% (something to think about: how might UAL shares perform over the next 10 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]
One more investment quote to leave you with:
“Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” — Warren Buffett
