All investments should be evaluated based on opportunity cost versus time. Are you investing for the short term or the long term? And which option would be more efficient and profitable if you invested elsewhere instead of this? The idea behind recommending long-term stock investments is that high-quality securities tend to benefit from inflation. Inflation happens when the prices of goods increase faster than the value of money. Wouldn’t a producer only make a good if its price exceeds its monetary value? However, if this gap is too large, the consumer experiences volatility. That’s why the efficiency of using money declines because you need money to buy things. This principle explains why stock prices tend to rise over time if you hold high-quality stocks long enough. Therefore, investing is often referred to as investing in time—because over time, it adds value. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”
A person adopts a position, and that position shapes the person once more. People form relationships, and those relationships, in turn, shape individuals again. In a system where cause and effect are continuously interlinked, it’s quite easy to embody either a bad person or a good person. Situations and relationships can influence individuals, but people remain at the core of it all. How are good people and bad people determined? Do good people and bad people genuinely exist within this feedback system? How do we distinguish between cause and effect? - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”