Rupert, the pain you are feeling is what will make you a decent investor in the future. I've lost big time in the past and its those losses that I've done all of my learning from. It ain't any fun but it's necessary (otherwise arrogance creeps in which certainly will cause big losses ahead), could be worse , you could have a rental house, try getting out of that by pushing a button when it goes tits up.
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