Since you're reading The Motley Fool, the chances are you have some money to invest.
Even if that amount is as little as $10,000, you can have a decent go at setting up a nice stream of passive income for yourself.
The places you could end up using the power of ASX shares and compounding could surprise you.
Let me throw up a hypothetical using one particular stock:
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A market darling tipped to go even further
MMA Offshore Ltd (ASX: MRM) is a stock that many experts are particularly fond of at the moment.
The business provides marine services to clients with sea-borne infrastructure such as oil and gas rigs.
With the world experiencing energy anxiety over the past couple of years since Russia invaded Ukraine, MMA Offshore has been going gangbusters.
Just since November alone, the stock has gained more than 54%.
Over the longer term, the MMA Offshore share price has rocketed 107% over the past five years.
According to CMC Invest, all five analysts that cover it reckon MMA Offshore is a strong buy.
Just four years to produce passive income
Past performance, of course, is never an indicator of the future. But we can use this track record to demonstrate how you could grow your $10,000 into a passive income generator.
The last half-decade of returns from MMA shares equate to 15.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR).
Even if we round that down to 15%, a $10,000 investment could take you to $2,500 of yearly passive income very swiftly.
The "trick" is to keep saving money and add $100 to the nest egg each month.
At that rate, after four years, the MMA shares will amount to $23,482.
From then on, selling off the 12% gain each year would reap you $3,522.
That's $3,500 of cash for no work.
Right now $10,000 will buy you 5,181 MMA Offshore shares.
So what are you waiting for?
