Then, after management announced that the team really could hit without the departed Mo Vaughn , the team's stock ran up again. They beat the vaunted World Champion Yankees and took first place. What a wild ride. Still, it's only May 26, and Boston is playing the Yankees again in New York this week. Anything could happen.
Baseball is a lot like the stock market.
I have to keep my eyes on the long term, just like with my portfolio. We'll see where the Red Sox are in October and where my portfolio is in 15 or 20 years. There are no guarantees, but if historical trends continue, I think I have a pretty decent chance of being a millionaire during my retirement some 30 years from now. Hey, past performance is not a guarantee of future results. The Motley Fool.