Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.

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.

I talk to hundreds of companies a year and spend hour after hour in heady pow-wows with CEOs, financial analysts and my colleagues in the mutual-fund business, but I stumble onto the big winners in extracurricular situations, the same way you do.

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.

When people discover they are no good at baseball or hockey, they put away their bats and their skates and they take up amateur golf or stamp collecting or gardening. But when people discover they are no good at picking stocks, they are likely to continue to do it anyway.

The stock market really isn't a gamble, as long as you pick good companies that you think will do well, and not just because of the stock price.

Your ultimate success or failure will depend on your ability to ignore the worries of the world long enough to allow your investments to succeed.