Mac Tom

If you want to compound wealth in the stock market, you can do so by buying an index fund. But investors can boost returns by picking market-beating companies to own shares in. For example, the Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE:EW) share price is up 20% in the last 1 year, clearly besting the market return of around 12% (not including dividends). That's a solid performance by our standards! The longer term returns have not been as good, with the stock price only 12% higher than it was three years ago.