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Most people who buy stock expect to hold it for some time. I don't care if Apple has a bad quarter every now and then as long as when I do sell the stock has a greater value than when I bought it accounting for inflation. I only gain or lose money when I sell or if they issue a dividend.
Only stockbrokers and other adjacent careers are interested in the price going up over the short term. Most people aren't selling frequently enough for quarter to quarter to matter as much
A bad quarter isn't what this is about. It's about the idea that constant percentage growth is good or realistic. Any stock with flat growth over a decade will not be a good long-term investment. Your comment proves the point here.
I don't think you understand my post at all. You only gain or lose when you sell so that flat ten years won't impact the individual until they sell