What You See Is Not Always What You Get

My parents took the family to a magic show dinner party once when we were kids.

I remember not having a single bite to eat because I was too busy trying to figure out the tricks. I knew the show was based on the magician doing “more than meets the eye.” But I just had to figure out how he was doing it!

That’s the intrigue of magic.

What you see is not always what you get.

And, in a less-entertaining, more-painful way, that’s also true for investing.