where were you 10 years ago, Facebook/Meta ?Meta Platforms, Inc.BATS:METAdchua1969$10,000 Invested for 10 Years Meta price March 19, 2015: $82.36 Meta 10-year return: 609.15% S&P 500 price March 19, 2015: $2,089.27 S&P 500 10-year return: 171.64% Nasdaq price March 19, 2015: $4,992.38 Nasdaq 10-year return: 255.56% For more on the returns, read here The consolation is IF you can't pick stock and hold it long enough to see the enormous returns, then investing in the index is the next best thing to do. You still get about 1/3 of the returns if you invest in Nasdaq compared to investing directly with Meta. Of course, it has its down time as well as indicated in the orange loop. Question is were you able to ride the downs before enjoying the ups? Or you freak out and sold your shares like what some doomsday porn were influencing you? And please don't ask me if Meta will ever by replaced ? How the hell will I know ? Go ask 3 of your good friends and 3 of your colleagues are they using FB, whatsapp and instagram? Just one or all 3 ? How often do they check their messages or go post on it ? The answer is pretty clear.........