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Bummer. I knew this would happen to some extent early in the decade, but thought they’d lose it all when the media companies took back control of their media. Also, was cleaned out over a margin call on Apple in ~2009.

One of these days I’ll make the right call at the right time.

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One of these days you'll stop trying to time the market and you'll make money.

Hard to beat ETFs over the long run without insider information.

Buy'n'hold is a hard strategy to beat in terms of results and time commitment. Two of the best people at this run fool.com.

Didn’t time it then or later, I went all in on the product of the decade/century the iPhone. Of course Wall st had other plans I wasn’t entirely prepared for.

You have to know when to buy AND when to sell. I bought Netflix in 2010, but I sold it in 2011. I bought Amazon in 2006 and sold it a few months later. When the price doubles or triples, it's hard not to take the profits and run. That's why my best returns have all come from private equity, because it's locked up and I can't sell at the first dozen or so price points I would have wanted to.

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