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There's no shame in losing money on a stock. Everybody does it. What is shameful is to hold on to a stock, or worse, to buy more of it when the fundamentals are deteriorating.

Peter Lynch

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Peter Lynch
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 19
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