*Read this whenever you are confused about the stock market and you will get answers...* ✳ 80% of gains come in 20% of time. So an investor needs enormous patience and conviction to hold stocks or Mutual Funds for 10 or 20 years. ✳ Why don't all investors get rich? They like to get rich without going through many years of discipline and patience. Process leads to outcome. ✳ An inferior strategy you can stick with is likely to produce better results than a superior strategy you cannot stick with. ✳ Prices change frequently. Values change over a period of time. Therein lies the opportunity. ✳ Compounding is back loaded. It works well only over a longer period of time. There is no substitute for time in compounding. ✳ 99% of the time, doing nothing is the best thing to do in the market. It is good to be a Rip Van Winkle investor. Activity hurts. Sit still. ✳ You cannot predict or control markets. What you can control is how much you save, the investment process, and your behaviour. Fo...