Investors who owned stocks in the 2010s generally experienced some big gains. In fact, the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) total return since Sept. 23, 2010 is 276.8%.

On that day in history, movie rental giant Blockbuster officially declared bankruptcy, officially marking the changing of the guard in video entertainment to Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX)

Netflixs Big Decade: Since Blockbusters demise, Netflix has been one of the top performers in the entire stock market.

Netflix is the most successful streaming video service in the world. As of September 2020, Netflix had 168.9 million over-the-top video service viewers, much more than leading competitors such as Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime Video (130.1 million) and Hulu (94.5 million…

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