In the long run, a portfolio of well chosen stocks and/or equity mutual funds will always outperform a portfolio of bonds or a money-market account. In the long run, a portfolio of poorly chosen stocks won't outperform the money left under the mattress.

You can find good reasons to scuttle your equities in every morning paper and on every broadcast of the nightly news.

If you spend more than 13 minutes analyzing economic and market forecasts, you've wasted 10 minutes

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.

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Suicide is a choice and I think if we work with that with kids, we'll get somewhere.

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.

Well, I think the secret is if you have a lot of stocks, some will do mediocre, some will do okay, and if one of two of 'em go up big time, you produce a fabulous result. And I think that's the promise to some people.