Thats a great philosophy for investing and it will work in your favor most of the time but unfortunatley most investors do not follow the "buy the shares and put them in the shoebox and look at them 2 years later and be happy" method

Most buy at 63 cents or so and as soon as the price tanks for whatever reason back to the mid 50 s they forget the process of holding and emotionally run for the hills and sell because they worry that if its 55 then it could go to 45 and so on and they see their money gone gone gone

Thats why Stephen T is so successful with his picks...he analyzes then buys and holds for the long term a couple of years or so and looks like a genius when they get bought out or double or triple....