“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 Mylan NV (NASD: MYL)? Today, we examine the outcome of a ten year investment into the stock back in 2010.
| Start date: | 03/11/2010 |
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| End date: | 03/10/2020 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $21.98 | ||||
| End price/share: | $15.08 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 454.96 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 454.96 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | -31.39% | ||||
| Average annual return: | -3.70% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $6,858.32 | ||||
The above analysis shows the ten year investment result worked out poorly, with an annualized rate of return of -3.70%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 10 years ago into $6,858.32 today (as of 03/10/2020). On a total return basis, that’s a result of -31.39% (something to think about: how might MYL shares perform over the next 10 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]
More investment wisdom to ponder:
“The greater the passive income you can build, the freer you will become.” — Todd Fleming
