One Path to Big Stock Gains

This is based on my observation and experience.  Definitely, not financial advice.

• Foresight 😎
  
  Working for the company that awards stock to employees that allows one to easily:
  1) Have a concentrated portfolio
  2) Hodl Through Volatility
  3) Own a life changing amount.
  
  
• Conviction 😊
  
  Believing in the company enough to remain for a couple decades or more.  Time owning the stock can be better than timing the stock. 
  
  
• Luck 🍀
  
  Company success translates into significant growth in stock valuation.  Some take off like rockets.  Rockets are the ones that deliver, but rockets are never obvious at the beginning.
  
  Wall Street's latest blockbuster stock split has arrived -- and this industry titan has rallied 337,000% over the last 32 years
  
  However, there are many other blockbusters such as AAPL, GOOGL, AMZN.  Then again, many companies do not take off  or some go broke (eg. Enron), which I am more likely to choose. 😞

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