Invest In What You Know.

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.

Long-term Investing Has Gotten So Popular, It's Easier To Admit You're A Crack Addict Than To Admit You're A Short-term Investor.

When Stocks Are Attractive, You Buy Them. Sure, They Can Go Lower. I've Bought Stocks At $12 That Went To $2, But Then They Later Went To $30. You Just Don't Know When You Can Find The Bottom.

Often, There Is No Correlation Between The Success Of A Company's Operations And The Success Of Its Stock Over A Few Months Or Even A Few Years. In The Long Term, There Is A 100 Percent Correlation Between The Success Of The Company And The Success Of Its Stock. This Disparity Is The Key To Making Money; It Pays To Be Patient, And To Own Successful Companies.

I Can't Recall Ever Once Having Seen The Name Of A Market Timer On Forbes' Annual List Of The Richest People In The World. If It Were Truly Possible To Predict Corrections, You'd Think Somebody Would Have Made Billions By Doing It.