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Most Investors Waste Years In Dead Money Stocks. This Filter Fixes It.
How I’ve averaged 30%/year for a decade using one simple chart rule
Zaheer Anwari7 min read·Just now--
Most investors don’t realise how much money they lose by watching the wrong thing.
Not because they’re stupid.
Because they’re distracted.
They chase headlines, opinions, and ‘hot’ tickers.
Then they wonder why their portfolio feels like a graveyard of good intentions.
Here’s the uncomfortable truth: the market doesn’t reward effort.
It rewards alignment.
And most people spend years investing in stocks that aren’t even in a position to trend.
They’re stuck inside ranges.
Going nowhere.
Or worse — ‘undervalued’ at a discount…
And still falling.
While you sit there ‘long-term investing’ your way into dead money.
That’s the real cost.
Not fees.
Not inflation.
Time.
Missed compounding.
And the painful realisation 5–10 years later that you did everything ‘right’…
