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You miss the point of „Costs of missed opportunities“ if you (a) are always fully invested, (b) keep even underperforming stocks/assets forever until (c) some of those may go bankrupt.
Same with other assets.
Btw the price if assets matter if you buy. Not if you sell, this is a pure bet on raising prices. One should have an idea how much an asset can raise in price. (Or would you buy a property right now, because price will raise anyway?)
When we're talking about asset categories, then the assumption is that we're talking about the full market. Sure , a company can go bankrupt, but an asset class can't. If the S&P500 "goes bankrupt" then money is worthless anyway.
Also not sure what you mean about price not mattering when you sell... The price you sell it for less the price you paid for it is literally the return on investment. They're the only two prices that matter.
And re: keeping an underperforming asset class forever I'm in complete agreement. That's why I said not to hold cash or bonds. Both those asset classes will underperform forever. If you aren't fully invested then, in average, you're losing out on the average gains if the asset class.
I think you might be alluding to timing the market? In that case you're "speculating", not "investing". Speculation is making a(n educated) guess about market directions. Investment is earning an expected return over time on capital.
That might actually my different view point.
I think one should time the market or even trying to do so. There aren’t always good times. I mean that thing of „time in market beats market timing“ is for buy&forget investors who don’t want to put much effort in their finances. If you care, you see which area is a go and which a no-go at a certain moment in time.
That speculating vs investing is well written. I‘m not a native English speaker and put both under the umbrella of „Investor“ - who actually does both. So for me „speculating“ is key when you buy a stock or asset.
Having, even a rough, idea of how the price is and how it might move should be essential. And with this mindset the price of buying is important only. Because you won’t buy a going to decrease asset, would you? Charles Munger and all those other value investors are doing it like this.