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

When even the analysts are bored, it's time to start buying.

The extravagance of any corporate office is directly proportional to management's reluctance to reward the shareholders.

Most investors would be better off in an index fund.

If you can follow only one bit of data, follow the earnings - assuming the company in question has earnings. I subscribe to the crusty notion that sooner or later earnings make or break an investment in equities. What the stock price does today, tomorrow, or next week is only a distraction.

There is always something to worry about. Avoid weekend thinking and ignoring the latest dire predictions of the newscasters. Sell a stock because the company's fundamentals deteriorate, not because the sky is falling.

Long-term investing has gotten so popular, it's easier to admit you're a crack addict than to admit you're a short-term investor.