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Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin
My brother always says just buy a stock and forget about it. Look at it in 10 years. This shows exactly why that's not a good approach. AAPL and MSFT you could get away with it but not these so much. Lot's of profit got left behind here.
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I think what people underestimate is the losses you receive from even big name companies in a down turn. The NASDAQ is only down 21% from it's all-time high.
These names are roughly down 71%, 78%, 64%, 69%. This is the danger/risk of owning individuals stocks.