During bouts of short-term underperformance and/or significant volatility in stock prices, it’s easy to throw in the towel and get out of them to relieve the psychological stresses that result. I believe that this is the worst thing an investor can do because doing so will cause temporary underperformance and/or losses to become permanent ones. It is difficult to stay the course – I get that. But it is crucial to do so because even the best long-term winners in the stock market can make our stomachs churn in the short run. Don’t believe me? I’ll show you through a game. All you have to do is to answer two questions that involve two groups of real-life companies. Please note your answers for easy reference when you see the questions (it’ll be fun, trust me!). Figure 1 below is a chart showing the declines from a recent-high for the S&P...