All financial success comes from acting on a plan. A lot of financial failure comes from reacting to the market Votes: 5
Declines are temporary, gains are permanent. Votes: 3
Investment performance doesn't determine real-life returns; investor behavior does. Votes: 3
Long-term investment success is almost totally a function of how one emotionally handles declines in the equity market, as opposed to how one's portfolio handles them. Votes: 3
Once you decide that mediocrity is unthinkable, your only choices are excellence and quitting. Votes: 3
Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the . that squares with the facts, and with the historical record Votes: 3
Surprise is the mother of panic. Votes: 3
Timing the market is a fools game, whereas time in the market is your greatest natural advantage. Votes: 3
You have to pick what you're going to be worried about. Markets are volatile, but retirement is certain. Votes: 3
If you think the market's 'too high' wait 'til you see it 20 years from now. Votes: 1
In the long run, not doing what's necessary to do the thing you're afraid will hurt you, hurts infinitely worse than doing it. Votes: 0
Wealth is not determined by investment performance, but by investor behavior. Votes: 0