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Re:More Men Are Addicted to the 'Crack Cocaine' of the Stock... by usefulcat on Tuesday December 24, 2024 @04:02PM (#42504894)
> He buys back in at what ended up being the absolute nadir of the market in like april 2020 or something. The rare success story of timing the market, you love to see it.

The stock market usually goes down faster than it goes up, which makes it slightly easier (well, less difficult anyway) to time the bottoms than to time the tops.

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Re:More Men Are Addicted to the 'Crack Cocaine' of the Stock... by throwaway2037 on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @11:00PM (#42513023) 

    > The stock market usually goes down faster than it goes up, which makes it slightly easier (well, less difficult anyway) to time the bottoms than to time the tops.
As the saying goes: "Elevator down; escalator up."
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