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Cards are a hobby, not an investment. The vast overwhelming majority of cards go down over time. A tiny tiny % go up a lot. The transaction fees, shipping fees, insurance are much greater than on stocks.

We're still coming off the covid bubble. If you weren't making an economic profit pre-2020 you probably won't make it from this point forward. If you made bank over the past two years, congrats! My collection went up a ton and I'm very thankful.