If You Invested $10,000 in Medical Properties Trust in 2014, This Is How Much You Would Have Today
If you're investing for the long term, you would expect to see a good return on your investment. The S 500, for instance, has averaged a long-run annual return of 10%. Over the last decade, the index cumulatively returned 173%, or 10.6% annually -- before factoring in dividends.
Unfortunately, not all stocks have been great investments over the years and some have crippled portfolios in the process. One stock that has struggled mightily in recent years is Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW). But if you invested $10,000 in the stock a decade ago, would you still be ahead right now? Here's a look at where the stock was 10 years ago, and what your returns would look like if you had held on until now.
A decade ago, you might have been thinking that a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on hospitals would be a great long-term investment. It pays a dividend, and it focuses on a stable sector of the economy -- what could go wrong?
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