The more cash that builds up in the treasury, the greater the pressure to piss it away.

Imagine if you borrowed your parents' car without permission and ran it into a tree, how much better you'd feel if you were incorporated.

During the Gold Rush, most would-be miners lost money, but people who sold them picks, shovels, tents and blue-jeans (Levi Strauss) made a nice profit.

What makes stocks valuable in the long run isn't the market. It's the profitability of the shares in the companies you own. As corporate profits increase, corporations become more valuable and sooner or later, their shares will sell for a higher price.

Avoid hot stocks in hot industries.

Everyone has the brain power to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach.

Equity mutual funds are the perfect solution for people who want to own stocks without doing their own research.