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Old 07-23-2006, 02:56 PM   #12
DragonSlayer25
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Join Date: January 17, 2002
Location: Umapine, OR
Age: 37
Posts: 267
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Originally posted by Memnoch:
Don't mean to take the thread offtopic, but geez hasn't eBay's stock gone down the gurgler in recent months. I foolishly listened to my broker when he said "buy" when it was "undervalued" at $34, now it's $23!!! Bastard.
A brilliant teacher of mine (taught personal finance) told me that you should always cut your losses at 8%, because the market hardly ever fluctuates back to a gain after that much loss. Better to just cut and run, rather than loose more.
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