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Focus on Probabilities, Not Possibilities
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Timeless Wall Street Advice: Unload losers, Ride winners
Buy me 10,000- or whatever. If it goes up 1 point, buy more. If it goes up another point, call me. If it goes down 2 points, sell it. This sane, simple advice- unload losers, ride winners- became a source of enduring mystery for me: Why didn’t more investors embrace it? And why did so many…do just the opposite
Trading Lesson: 10 Critical Rules for Investing
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