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Old 03-26-2012, 12:54 PM   #93
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Originally Posted by A Gomez View Post
I actually disagree. Security is not costing you extra money. What it is really just loss of "investment opportunities". If you were calling not making $1M you have not earned (because you did not spend your saving of $25 - 30 K on gambling, stock in emerging markets or commodity trading) costing you money, then you would be right.
That's called Opportunity Cost, check it out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost
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