“Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.”
— Warren Buffett
The investment philosophy practiced by Warren Buffett calls for investors to take a long-term horizon when making an investment, such as a ten 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 Electronic Arts, Inc. (NASD: EA) back in 2010, holding through to today.
| Start date: | 11/05/2010 |
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| End date: | 11/04/2020 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $16.34 | ||||
| End price/share: | $125.31 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 612.00 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 612.00 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | 666.89% | ||||
| Average annual return: | 22.58% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $76,679.75 | ||||
As we can see, the ten year investment result worked out exceptionally well, with an annualized rate of return of 22.58%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 10 years ago into $76,679.75 today (as of 11/04/2020). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 666.89% (something to think about: how might EA shares perform over the next 10 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]
One more piece of investment wisdom to leave you with:
“Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you’re generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make.” — Donald Trump
