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> I should have held the stock

I think the most important wisdom in all of quantitative finance is that the expected future value of a stock it it's current value plus the value from the "risk-free" rate.

It happened that Meta did (for now) come back from it's exaggerated death, but just look at Google which took a major hit today.

Inflation adjusted it is still far below 2021 highs.

sep 10, 2021 - $378.69

oct 25, 2023 - $307.77

would need to be $424.91 "to keep up with inflation"

https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=378.69&year1=2...

This is why I tune out the financial media. The media a year ago was saying Meta was on death's door.

I actually caught that falling knife at near its exact lowest point ~$90, but then sold it at a 10% gain because I thought it might be a dead cat's bounce.

Point is, hindsight is always 20/20.