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.

If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, it wouldn't be a bad thing.

The most important organ in the body as far as the stock market is concerned is the guts, not the head. Anyone can acquire the know-how for analyzing stocks.

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

Absent a lot of surprises, stocks are relatively predictable over twenty years. As to whether they're going to be higher or lower in two to three years, you might as well flip a coin to decide.

If you hope to have more money tomorrow than you have today, you've got to put a chunk of your assets into stocks. Sooner or later, a portfolio of stocks or stock mutual funds will turn out to be a lot more valuable than a portfolio of bonds or CDs or money-market funds.

If you can't find any companies that you think are attractive, put your money in the bank until you discover some.