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Old 03-30-2011 | 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Stagger Lee
and again it seems you are taking on faith that your holdings will at some point exceed your purchase price, quite a leap if history is any guide. otherwise you will have losses when you finally liquidate these positions. at that point what is your true return?
In the six years I've been doing this, I have closed out many, many positions. Never had a single one close at a loss... even the way you measure it.