Ala Stock Quotes

Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before

We owned a garden on a hill, We planted rose and daffodil, Flowers that English poets sing, And hoped for glory in the Spring. We planted yellow hollyhocks, And humble sweetly-smelling stocks, And columbine for carnival, And dreamt of Summer's festival. And Autumn not to be outdone As heiress of the summer sun, Should doubly wreathe her tawny head With poppies and with creepers red. We waited then for all to grow, We planted wallflowers in a row. And lavender and borage blue, - Alas! we waited, I and you, But love was all that ever grew.

Out of two million trades by retail investors over a six-year period, 15% of the buy orders were repurchases of stocks that the investors had sold within the previous twelve months. And which stocks did they buy right back? Investors were twice as likely to repurchase the stocks they had sold at a gain than those they had sold at a loss. Knowing these stocks were winners once, investors eagerly bought them back, especially when they dropped below the price at which they first sold them. People seem to be telling themselves, “I came this close to striking it rich, and I’m not missing out again!” (Alas, the stocks they buy back do not perform better than those they sell or hold.)