Like everyone else, I too continually battle emotions versus rationality but what I’ve learned over the years is to realize that in market downturns, not to concentrate on the dollar value of my account but to recognize that I own the exact same number of shares now as I did before the downturn. The key is to concentrate on the number of shares you own versus the temporary dollar
value of the account.
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Like everyone else, I too continually battle emotions versus rationality but what I’ve learned over the years is to realize that in market downturns, not to concentrate on the dollar value of my account but to recognize that I own the exact same number of shares now as I did before the downturn. The key is to concentrate on the number of shares you own versus the temporary dollar value of the account.
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