Buy a friend; hire a lawyer.

The chief function of stock-market forecasters is to make astrologers look respectable.

It's a fact: stock investors sometimes lose money on their way to wealth. Get over it.

Everyone needs a small-town banker. Especially in a big town.

You don't date an annuity, you marry it. An annuity isn't a mutual fund that you buy today and sell tomorrow. Nor is it a certificate of deposit, ready for any new use at maturity. When you buy an annuity, you are making (or ought to be making) a 15- or 20-year commitment, at least.

It's daring and challenging to be young and poor, but never to be old and poor. Whatever resources of good health, character, and fortitude you bring to retirement, remember, also, to bring money.

Everyone said, 'You can't lose money in real estate, because they're not making any more of it.' Hmmmm. Where did everyone go wrong?