I Held That Long For - ?

[Nobert]

That one long position that you managed to hold for the longest period, which turned out to be profitable / very profitable along the way.

When Peter Lynch says :
,,I made 13-een times my money with Dunkin Donuts''

1300%
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Combined with the most common regret of hedge fund managers of ,,selling too early".

(Answers like ,,My marriage'' doesn't count.)

 

[schizo]

That one long position that you managed to hold for the longest period, which turned out to be profitable / very profitable along the way.

When Peter Lynch says :
,,I made 13-een times my money with Dunkin Donuts''

1300%
​

Combined with the most common regret of hedge fund managers of ,,selling too early".

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(Answers like ,,My marriage'' doesn't count.)

Well, the question I have is was that your intention from the beginning or was it just a dumb luck? Moreover, how many similar trades in the past have turned out to be a loser, and I mean a BIG loser?

 

[Nobert]

Well, the question I have is was that your intention from the beginning or was it just a dumb luck? Moreover, how many similar trades in the past have turned out to be a loser, and I mean a BIG loser?

Let me paraphrase the original post, because it looks, that it wasn't clear enough.

Had you ever had a long position, that you kept for a very long time and it turned out to be a great investment ?

1300% was an example, from Lynch's journey.

I wonder, did anyone from this forum came close, or, by any chance, did even better.
Just a curiosity.

 

[deaddog]

Let me paraphrase the original post, because it looks, that it wasn't clear enough.

Had you ever had a long position, that you kept for a very long time and it turned out to be a great investment ?

1300% was an example, from Lynch's journey.

I wonder, did anyone from this forum came close, or, by any chance, did even better.
Just a curiosity.

I had BYD on the TSE run from $7 to $200 from late 2010 to early 2020.

 

[1pyramidtrader]

I guess a few are still holding out for the big Enron comeback

 

[schizo]

Let me paraphrase the original post, because it looks, that it wasn't clear enough.

Had you ever had a long position, that you kept for a very long time and it turned out to be a great investment ?

1300% was an example, from Lynch's journey.

I wonder, did anyone from this forum came close, or, by any chance, did even better.
Just a curiosity.

Well, allow me to indulge myself with woulda, shoulda, coulda. I did buy AMZN when in was trading in the low $40s after the dot.com explosion, circa 2001. Unfortunately, I didn't hold on to it for very long. But had I held on to it till now, that would have turned out way way more than a meager 13 bagger.

 

[The_Krakenite]

I stayed out of the .dot com bubble as it was just too ridiculous. At least to a comp-sci major. On the other hand, now I wish I had come in just for the odd 100x bagger that would emerge later. LOL

 

[rb7]

I was long big time on Nortel (long call). Does that count (reverse!)?

 

[The_Krakenite]

Yikes! Nortel is a name that shall not be mentioned here. It also seems to bring back horrible memories to Bre-X investors...

 

[deaddog]

I was long big time on Nortel (long call). Does that count (reverse!)?

Yup that's the stock that changed my investment stategy to a trading stategy. I originally bought Northern Telecom, a stodgy old telephone manufacturer that grew slowly and paid a dividend. It evolved into Nortel, ran way up then started to sell off. I listened to the talking heads and gurus who had buy more recommendations all the way to the bottom. Lessson learned.