I'm assuming Lumiaman is playing the 'long' game and over 3 or 4 years he may see a healthy return on his investment. It's not impossible to see a sucessful Nokia returning to $3-$4, possiblty a little more. He's bet everything on WP8 being a success, but that is far from a certainty. It may even be the least likely outcome, and in any other instance he could (and possibily very badly) lose a lot of his investment. So the 'long' game may still work out for him. In the meantime, you have to wonder could his money be earning better for him elsewhere? I'd say yes. Edit; I had missed the $5/stock the first time, hopefully he doesn't have too much of that in his portfolio and a lot more of the $1.90's. Expecting much return on $5 NOK is very optimisitc imo, but I hope it works out for him