ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <title>Stocks for the long haul</title> <meta name="Keywords" content="Stocks for the long haul, Stock market for beginners, stock market for dummies, stock market basics, how to invest in stocks" /> <meta name="Description" content="Don't let your broker convince you to stay in a losing position because YOU ARE IN STOCKS FOR THE LONG HAUL. Don't be fooled. 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Carry that forward... <p><b>Compound $1000 at 15%, (which is easily attainable):</b> <p><font color=blue><center><font size=4>10 years = $4,440.21<br> 20 years = $19,715.49<br> 30 years = $87,541.00<br> 40 years = $388,700.68</font color></center></font size> <p><b>When you start to understand that each $1000 that you have today could be worth $388,700.68 in your lifetime or in your heir's lifetime,</b> you will start to protect your money and you will no longer listen to your broker telling you it's okay to lose because  YOU ARE IN STOCKS FOR THE LONG HAUL. <p><center><font color=blue><font size=4><b>CUT YOUR LOSSES QUICKLY!</center></font color></font size></b> <p>If you want to learn how to invest in stocks and how to manage your money to avoid losses, let Stock-Market-for-Beginners.org be your guide. This is a stock market for dummies site. Here, we KEEP IT SIMPLE!</p> <p>Learn more <a href="stock-market-myths.html">stock market myths.</a></p> <p><h3><center>Learn some <a href="http://stock-trading-for-beginners.com/stock-market-basics.html">Stock Market Basics</a></center></h3></p> <br> <p style="text-align:center;"><a href="stock-market-myths.html">Return From "YOU ARE IN STOCKS FOR THE LONG HAUL" To Stock Market Myths</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="leftcolumn"> <div class="innertube"> <h4 class="hbg">Words from the Author</h4> <div class="full-width-box"> <p>Don't let your broker convince you to stay in a losing position because "YOU ARE IN STOCKS FOR THE LONG HAUL". Don't be fooled. If your broker is telling you that, then you know he/she succeeded in losing a lot of your money! 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