The Big Picture

While checking the millions of emails I had collected in my inbox over the last couple of weeks, I came across a great article at The Motley Fool, How I Tripled My Money in a Year. Basically the article states how a little bit of increases over a wider timespan will ultimately result in greater profits.

It is important to focus on your overall goal in the stock market, which is to make money.

stay focused on the big picture for your investments. Aim to hang on to solid performers for a long time — a decade or more, even — as long as they’re performing well. Great investors from Shelby Davis to Warren Buffett have created enormous amounts of wealth simply by holding their best investments

So when things look bad, remember to keep the long-term picture in tact and don’t get too anxious.