But first, consider this:
Investors that read this note on June 7, 2002... when The Motley Fool recommended Marvel (years before it was acquired by Disney) and bought the stock would be up 5,726% today.
Or, investors that followed the recommendation on May 21, 2004, when The Motley Fool first recommended Priceline, would up 18,079% today.
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Now if an investor had invested just $1,000 in each of those stocks, you'd be sitting on close to $278,459 today.
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The average pick in Stock Advisor is up 995.5%, while the S&P 500 during the same period is up just 212%. Of course not every stock pick has gone as well. In fact, we've seen our fair share of duds (remind us to tell you when our founders Tom and David went live on the view to explain to Lisa Ling why her Starbucks shares fell 30%) But the fact remains...
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