“I hope the stock market rises again,” my friend Ravi told me as we met for dinner during the weekend.
“Why?” I asked.
“I have put in a lot of money over the last few months…that’s why!” he replied.
“Ravi, it’s good to be an optimist by nature,” I said, “But ironically, it doesn’t work that way in the stock market.”
“Why do you say so Vishal? Isn’t it a basic human nature to hope for the best?”
“Of course yes. In fact, I believe that hope is a component of a healthy state of mind, and opposite of negativity that we see all around. But then, when it comes to the stock market, hope is dangerous.”
“But why?”