The way to make a lot of money in the stock market is to invest in IPOs that dramatically increase in value. The team at Madison Trust Company demonstrated the power of early investment in big companies with this graphic displaying the current value of the 25 biggest companies versus their initial IPO.
Companies like Apple, Walmart, Amazon, Home Depot, NVIDIA, Netflix, UnitedHealth Group, Johnson & Johnson, and Eli Lilly top the list. In many cases, an IPO that costs a few hundred dollars is worth thousands today.
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