Are those the only stocks you have picked? Have you picked any that didn't do as well? Or any that were losers? What led you to miss on Apple or Priceline?
I picked one OTC penny stock loser in 2009 that went completely out of business. Something associated with vertical farming.
I missed out on Apple because almost NOBODY used Apple in the Midwest in the mid 2000's -- everything was MS. That's a great example of me living in a bubble (which I just said in another comment that I didn't, but there ya go)
I missed out on Priceline even though the tech support center I was working in had a whole division dedicated to doing their customer support! Basically, they just never seemed "legit" to me, they seemed like a scam, who the hell wants to "choose your own price" for something important like a flight and then wait and see if it gets accepted? Very weird to me. People also never seemed too excited about them in general... extremely hard to predict they would become the acquisition masters that they did.
Both solid examples of blind spots in my strategy.
Danihan|8 years ago
I missed out on Apple because almost NOBODY used Apple in the Midwest in the mid 2000's -- everything was MS. That's a great example of me living in a bubble (which I just said in another comment that I didn't, but there ya go)
I missed out on Priceline even though the tech support center I was working in had a whole division dedicated to doing their customer support! Basically, they just never seemed "legit" to me, they seemed like a scam, who the hell wants to "choose your own price" for something important like a flight and then wait and see if it gets accepted? Very weird to me. People also never seemed too excited about them in general... extremely hard to predict they would become the acquisition masters that they did.
Both solid examples of blind spots in my strategy.
donarb|8 years ago