I mean [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt didn't - you know, when he came in, he didn't print any money.

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

Investors, of course, can, by their own behavior make stock ownership highly risky. And many do. Active trading, attempts to "time" market movements, inadequate diversification, the payment of high and unnecessary fees to managers and advisors, and the use of borrowed money can destroy the decent returns that a life-long owner of equities would otherwise enjoy. Indeed, borrowed money has no place in the investor's tool kit.

It is madness to risk losing what you need in pursuing what you simply desire.

Look for companies with high profit margins.

If book knowledge made great investors, than the librarians would all be rich.

I can't promise results, but I can promise a common destiny.