“When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever.”
— Warren Buffett
The Warren Buffett investment philosophy calls for a long-term investment horizon, where a two-decade holding period, or even longer, would fit right into the strategy. How would such a strategy have worked out for an investment into Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX)? Today, we examine the outcome of a two-decade investment into the stock back in 1999.
| Start date: | 06/10/1999 |
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| End date: | 06/07/2019 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $20.31 | ||||
| End price/share: | $41.28 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 492.37 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 492.37 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | 103.25% | ||||
| Average annual return: | 3.61% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $20,329.09 | ||||
As we can see, the two-decade investment result worked out as follows, with an annualized rate of return of 3.61%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 20 years ago into $20,329.09 today (as of 06/07/2019). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 103.25% (something to think about: how might BSX shares perform over the next 20 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]
One more investment quote to leave you with:
“I made my money by selling too soon.” — Bernard Baruch
