The sports analogy for buying a huge public company&#x27;s common stock is buying a season ticket. The season tickets are relatively liquid compared with actual team ownership and the value rises and falls with how well managed the team is and how popular the league is overall.<p>If you bought a NE Patriots season ticket in 2000 and sold it in 2010, you made a pretty penny and you hopefully enjoyed 8*10 NFL games with your friends&#x2F;family. If you bought a Tennessee Titans season ticket 10 years ago, you can&#x27;t name your selling price today, but it is still worth hundreds of dollars.