I could have turned 60,000 € into 1,800 € in 5 Years: The Brutal Truth About PlugPower & Stock Market FOMO

A lot of people who are in the stock market think about how much they could have earned had they invested in a certain stock. For instance, Nvidia is famous for going up. Some invested later and were rewarded for it. It is still a good stock, by the way.

But at the same time, that’s what people do. They regret not having invested earlier.

But I like to go the opposite route. For instance, I like to look at PlugPower. ETR: PLUN. I like to look at PlugPower and see that on February the 5th of 2021, they were at 56 euros and 51 cents. And now they are at 1 euro and 73 cents.

And I thought, how much would I have lost had I invested, let’s say, 60,000 euros at a peak in February of 2001 and held on dearly till today.

And it turns out of 60,000 euros, I would have left 1,836 euros and 84 cents. Just picture this. Having invested an amount of 60,000 and being left with around 2,000 and then you would have to pay fees for selling as well.

Imagine waking up to an email from your broker: ‘Your €60,000 investment in PlugPower (ETR) is now worth €1,836.84.’

What would you do?

And that’s a great example of survivorship bias. And everybody should do this to just put themselves into the situation of losing it all.

Most investors only see the winners—Nvidia, Tesla, the ‘home run’ stocks. But what if I told you the real story behind PlugPower (ETR) isn’t just about bad luck?