daddy60,... as with just about anything in life,... there is never a 100% guarantee of anything.
I'm betting we get something. My cost average here is fairly low, so to make me back a profit (ignoring the time wasted factor at this stage) doesn't take that much.
I would guess (and am wagering now - can't take the money off the table now if I wanted to anyway)
<25% chance we get so little back out I lose money, perhaps zero return.
25-50% chance we get enough I don't walk away frustrated after the whole ordeal
<20% chance I make a tidy profit even accounting for the time wasted.
<5% chance we all have to pick our jaws and eyeballs off the floor when we are 'shown the money'.
It's still a possible loss, even a total loss, but I like the odds. Just never, ever, ever, bet the mortgage and grocery money on stocks of any kind.
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
- Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy