If you're lucky enough to have been rewarded in life to the degree that I have, there comes a point at which you have to decide whether to become a slave to your net worth by devoting the rest of your life to increasing it or to let what you've accumulated begin to serve you.

A stock market decline is as routine as a January blizzard in Colorado. If you're prepared, it can't hurt you. A decline is a great opportunity to pick up the bargains left behind by investors who are fleeing the storm in panic.

Bargains are the holy grail of the true stockpicker. The fact that 10 to 30 percent of our net worth is lost in a market sell-off is of little consequence. We see the latest correction not as a disaster but as an opportunity to acquire more shares at low prices. This is how great fortunes are made over time.

The junior high schools and high schools of America have forgotten to teach one of the most important courses of all. Investing.

Behind every stock is a company. Find out what it's doing.

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

Visiting stores and testing products is one of the critical elements of the analyst's job.