'Doing Nothing' Investing: A Thought Experiment

If you have been reading my blog posts since a long, long time, you may appreciate the fact that 'Masterly Inactivity: A Case for Very Long Term Passive Investments' was one of my earliest posts here. Since it had more to do with dissecting why passive investments work, it really didn't do the title justice. So, let's get our thinking hats on and understand why patience or in a crude sense 'doing nothing', is a powerful virtue necessary for any investor.