Realized or unrealized losses??? Does it seriously matter???

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"Track, measure, and visualise investment performance" - Createwealth8888

Realised or unrealised losses?

The way that I track, measure, and visualise my investment performance and doing cash and portfolio management will  determine the relevance and significance of realising losses to recover cash for investing i.e. opportunity cost.

I measure Portfolio XIRR to visualise performance.

Portfolio = Current stocks value +  Investible Cash  = Capital + Realised P/L + Unrealised P/L

By just moving from Unrealised P/L to Realised P/L it will not significantly change the Portfolio XIRR unless I have the market wisdom of seeing a huge Bear appearing at the horizon soon.

Cash, Opportunity cost and Recovery

Cash rotting in the bank will NOT help me to recover my locked in negative return. We cannot recover losses in stocks by holding cash. No way!

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