There is a secret to investing that cuts a path directly to the profits that you're looking for. The secret is simplicity. The more elementary your investment style, the more confident you can be of making money in the long run.

Equality is never given, it is taken.

You normally don't get a margin call unless your securities, minus the debt, are worth 30% or less of their nominal market value.

The rule on staying alive as a forecaster is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.

Auto insurance is a toll bridge, over which every honest driver has to pass.

Life insurance can be numbingly complicated. Clients often turn off their brains and surrender their judgment to the very agent or planner who brought on their coma in the first place.

The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced.