#historical-performance

#historical-performance

Amazon.com Inc. ( NASDAQ: AMZN) has been one of the stock market's biggest success stories ever. The company had its initial public offering in May 1997 and traded for an astonishingly low split-adjusted price of just seven cents per share. Since then, the stock has gained over 294,600% as the company has grown into the linchpin of e-commerce. Since its inception, Amazon has become a mainstay in the Magnificent 7 and now commands the fifth-largest market cap of any publicly traded company.

Roger Norrington, a significant figure in early music revival, played a major role in redefining performance practices for historical music, influencing orchestras worldwide.

It's hard to describe what Bobby Witt Jr. is doing right now without using words like "historic" or "unreal." The Royals' shortstop just completed a five-game stretch unlike anything Major League Baseball has ever seen, becoming the first player in history to tally 10 hits, 8 RBIs, 6 extra-base hits, 4 stolen bases, 2 home runs, and a walk-off hit in a five-game span.