From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:43:45 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >If you had recognized Apple's potential 30 years ago and invested   
   >$10,000 in its stock, you'd be a multimillionaire today with about $6.9   
   >million, if you'd reinvested dividends.   
      
   Total incitement to fantasy.  The invitation is to imagine that apple   
   performance will be something like that in the next 30 years.  30   
   years ago you could have bought it at the bottom of its curve.  Now   
   your task is to do whatever is necessary to resist the temptation to   
   buy at the top of its curve.  Grit your teeth and stamp if necessary.   
      
   The other invitation is to imagine that there is now some stock at the   
   bottom of such a 30 year curve.  Sit in a dark corner and confess to   
   yourself that you have no idea which stock that is, if any.  And how   
   old are you now?  Something like me?  No, you do not need to make a 30   
   year bet.  You should have done that 50 years ago, if you had a   
   message from god telling you all about apple.   
      
   10 thou in 1955 would be worth about 21 thou now.  If you had 21,000   
   now  should you invest it in some wild hair up your ass chance?  No,   
   no.  Tie your hands behind your back.  Don't let yourself do it.   
      
      
   >How much does it cost to buy Apple stock today?   
   >   
   >Apple Inc. Stock Quote (U.S.: Nasdaq - MarketWatch $ 264.40   
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