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Sentimental value can destroy monetary value

One of the staples of investment media and stock picking newsletters are the ‘if you had invested…” stories. The writer will pick a well-known stock, go back to a point in time (usually the IPO) and inform us how many millions we would have today, if only we had invested a specific dollar amount into that stock. It’s meant to make us feel like fools for not jumping aboard at the right time.