This usually happens when the right stock was bought at the wrong time. (dividendmantra.com)
Still, there's a whole stock buying philosophy based on buying high, which is called «momentum investing», when stocks are bought based on relative strength. (thedigeratilife.com)
The buy - and - hold approach is an investment strategy in which stocks are bought and then held for a long period, regardless of the market's fluctuations. (thecollegeinvestor.com)