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Re:Amazon Is Pausing Hiring for Corporate Workforce by thunky on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:17PM (#33470300)
Maybe not if we're using a strict definition, so I'll add some words to what I said before:

Even passive investors can turn into active intestors and panic sell when they see their 401k balance shrinking fast.

Here's an example of someone trying hard to stay passive during the 2008 downturn: https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25126

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Re:Amazon Is Pausing Hiring for Corporate Workforce by anotherman554 on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:03PM (#33476513)
Interesting link. I see the poster is still active (and likely relatively wealthy) today at age 88. Good for him.
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