Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business.

All the math you need in the stock market you get in the fourth grade.

If you go to Minnesota in January, you should know that it's gonna be cold. You don't panic when the thermometer falls below zero.

Never invest in any idea you can't illustrate with a crayon

Never invest in a company without understanding its finances. The biggest losses in stocks come from companies with poor balance sheets.

You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don't understand that's going to happen, then you're not ready, you won't do well in the markets.

Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the corrections.