I believe that's what distinguishes the true investor from the swing traders. Unfortunately it seems like this board is somewhat cluttered with the paranoid ramblings of the latter. Always sucks to lose money, this is true. But when you know that the company you invest into is a winner, you don't mind holding for 6 months to a year or longer and wait for the big jump. After all, if someone was to come up to me and say, "Hey, if you invest this $5K now, in 2 years it'll be worth well over a million dollars" I think very few of us would refuse. There are no guarantees in the stock market, but you have to believe in what you're putting your hard-earned dollars into. I'm a believer in ELAY.
