| Fascinating, isn't it, this stock market of ours, with its | | | | The Stock Market is a dynamic place where |
| unpredictability, promise, and unscripted daily drama! | | | | investors can consistently make reasonable returns |
| But individual investors are even more interesting. | | | | on their capital if they comply with the basic principles |
| We've become the product of a media driven culture | | | | of the endeavor AND if they don't measure their |
| that must have reasons, predictability, blame, | | | | progress too frequently with irrelevant measuring |
| scapegoats, and even that four-letter word, | | | | devices. The classic investment strategy is so simple |
| certainty. We are a culture of investors where | | | | and so trite that most investors dismiss it routinely |
| hindsight is rapidly replacing the reality-based foresight | | | | and move on in their search for the holy investment |
| that once was flowing in our now real-time veins... | | | | grail(s): a stock market that only rises and a bond |
| just like downhill racing, grouse hunting, and Super | | | | market capable of paying higher interest rates at |
| Bowls. | | | | stable or higher prices! |