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“I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.”

— Warren Buffett

The Warren Buffett investment philosophy calls for a long-term investment horizon, where a five year holding period, or even longer, would fit right into the strategy. How would such a strategy have worked out for an investment into LKQ Corp (NASD: LKQ)? Today, we examine the outcome of a five year investment into the stock back in 2014.

Start date: 06/12/2014
$10,000

06/12/2014
$10,145

06/11/2019
End date: 06/11/2019
Start price/share: $26.34
End price/share: $26.73
Starting shares: 379.65
Ending shares: 379.65
Dividends reinvested/share: $0.00
Total return: 1.48%
Average annual return: 0.29%
Starting investment: $10,000.00
Ending investment: $10,145.84

As shown above, the five year investment result worked out as follows, with an annualized rate of return of 0.29%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 5 years ago into $10,145.84 today (as of 06/11/2019). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 1.48% (something to think about: how might LKQ shares perform over the next 5 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]

One more investment quote to leave you with:
“The emotional burden of trading is substantial; on any given day, I could lose millions of dollars. If you personalize these losses, you can’t trade.” — Bruce Kovner