Your Stocks Will Lose Money and That’s Okay
Clarifying a common misconception among inexperienced investors.
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3 min readJan 19, 2021
Your stocks will lose money, and that’s okay.
When we first invest, we subconsciously expect our investments to climb, churning out healthy gains year after year. After all, the average annual return of the S&P 500 is a hair over 10%.
