We’re all familiar with the cover curse, including, of course, the Forbes Cover Curse. It’s simply one of life’s built-in ironies that when a certain entity achieves some kind of recognition of honor, something bad (even terrible) happens.
I offer the example of the news that came in late 2024 that Strategy (MSTR) was going to be included into the NASDAQ 100. This was seen as an affirmation of the company’s incredible success. I’ll just let the chart speak for itself, with an arrow indicating the date of the stock’s induction.
