# 233. Investing Mistake: Why "Just Hold" Is Secretly Bleeding Your Portfolio (Do THIS Math Before You Decide)

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Podcast: [Centsational Women Investing: Personal Finance, Wealth & ETF Investing for European Women](https://stenobird.com/podcast/centsational-women-investing-6727448)
Published: 2026-08-17T09:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail This is the investing mistake almost every investor makes without realizing it, and the number behind it is not what you'd expect. Everyone tells you the same thing when a stock drops: just hold, it'll come back. But in this episode, we show you the math nobody does before saying that, and why the real cost isn't the drop itself. It's something most investors never even calculate. You'll learn: The real math behind loss recovery that almost everyone gets wrong, and why the tr...

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