The empirically proven fact that a loss on an investment is felt less strongly by investors if it occurs by the middle of the investment period. In this case, there is still enough time to compensate for the setback. With later losses this possibility is missing. Therefore, numerically equal loss is perceived more painfully now. – See Daimonion, financial psychology, staggering, loss trap.

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