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.

The basic story remains simple and never-ending. Stocks aren't lottery tickets. There's a company attached to every share.

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

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

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

Know what you own, and know why you own it.

If you have the stomach for stocks, but neither the time nor the inclination to do the homework, invest in equity mutual funds.