A home is one of the most important assets that most people will ever buy. Homes are also where memories are made and you want to work with someone you can trust.

The major asset in this category is gold, currently a huge favorite of investors who fear almost all other assets, especially paper money (of whose value, as noted, they are right to be fearful). Gold, however, has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor procreative. True, gold has some industrial and decorative utility, but the demand for these purposes is both limited and incapable of soaking up new production. Meanwhile, if you own one ounce of gold for an eternity, you will still own one ounce at its end.

If the reason for doing something is that everyone else is doing it, it's not a good enough reason.

If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.

The rest of the world really likes our stuff pretty well. It's just we buy so damn much of what they produce.

Never lie under any circumstances.

By periodically investing in an index fund, the know-nothing investors can actually outperform most investment professionals.