There is no guarantee that all investments will result in profits, but a carefully chosen portfolio of assets is highly likely to grow over time.

Watching every tick up and every tick down is just wasting your valuable time. Do yourself a favor, and pick up a book or two about investing each month.

A steady upward trajectory is the only logical path for the stock market because shares are proportionate ownerships in profit-making businesses, and over time profit accumulates.

It is foolish to believe that cash in the form of bills or your bank account is not exposed to any risk. Sure, it is.

Proper diversification means investing in uncorrelated assets, and investing in multiple assets needs multiple sets of knowledge, more hours of research, and more marketfollowing. It is definitely more work for an investor.

Everybody does some sort of diversification. It is the extent and broadness that varies according to risk tolerance.

Market price matters at only two points in time. When you buy and when you sell. In between, it is only a distraction.

Compounding has a snowball effect. It is just a tiny ball of snow at the very start, but it can turn into an avalanche over time.

it is not a calculated risk if you haven’t calculated it.