It is only a "paper loss" until you actually sell.
FWIW - My undergraduate degree was in Economics. An economist is someone who is very, very good with numbers but isn't outgoing enough to be an accountant.
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Micro or Macro ?...in case, that right there is funny.
Arg...that should be “in any case” related to your FWIW