The key to successful investing is to have a long-term perspective, a disciplined approach, and a clear understanding of the market.

Friends congratulate me after a quarterly-earnings announcement and say, 'Good job, great quarter.' And I'll say, 'Thank you, but that quarter was baked three years ago.'

Markets are not just about transactions; they are about the flow of information and the trust that underpins those transactions.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.