The Rule of 72 is useful in determining how fast money will grow. Take the annual return from any investment, expressed as a percentage, and divide it into 72. The result is the number of years it will take to double your money.

A lot of people got in at the wrong time. A lot of people did very well and some people said, "This is it. I'll never get back in again." And they maybe meant it, but they probably got back in again anyway.

I deal in facts, not forecasting the future. That's crystal ball stuff. That doesn't work.

In our society, it's been the men who've handled most of the finances, and the women who've stood by and watched men botch things up.

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

In the long run, it's not just how much money you make that will determine your future prosperity. It's how much of that money you put to work by saving it and investing it.

The biggest winners are surprises to me, and takeovers are even more surprising. It takes years, not months, to produce big results.