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Re:I’m Still Going Long and Hoping the Markets Go Down by rtf on Friday October 10, 2008 @04:21PM (#329215)
Exactly.

If you invested in the index, you break even over that period.

But if you invest in big winners(taking Apple and Microsoft for known examples in tech) you come out way ahead.

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Re:I’m Still Going Long and Hoping the Markets Go Down by mattmaroon on Friday October 10, 2008 @11:18PM (#329483)
Everyone sets out to invest in the big winners. It's so hard to do with any sort of accuracy as to be nearly impossible.
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