Dick Davis #35 October 8, 2002February 22, 2017 For some time now, when I’ve been short on stuff to say or time to say it, I’ve excerpted the wisdom of Dick Davis. There have been 35 items in all, taken from a lecture he delivered early in the year. The topics were: 1. What’s A Reasonable Return? 2. Groups Will Return To Favor 3. It’s Never That Urgent 4. The Durability Of Major Trends 5. Face It, It’s History 6. The Role Of Market History 7. The Income Buyer 8. Do It Yourself Investing 9. Any Approach Can Work 10. Negatives Of Being Totally Informed 11. Advice To Family 12. Investment Versus Speculation 13. Oldtimers Out Of Step 14. It’ll Always Go Lower 15. Brilliant Market Calls 16. Advice From Brokers 17. What’s A Reasonable Price? 18. Why Stay Fully Invested? 19. Index Funds 20. The Contrarian Approach 21. CEOs On Their Own Stock 22. The Insignificance Of News 23. Predisposition Toward Failure 24. Avoid Big Losses 25. Why Markets Go To Extremes 26. Stick With Your Winners 27. This Time It’s Different 28. Market Symmetry 29. Know The Downside 30. Behind The Moves In Stocks 31. Dollar Cost Averaging 32. When To Sell 33. The Market Has Its Own Agenda 34. A Critique Of CNBC 35. Stay Healthy Herewith, the last. (To see one of the others, enter its title in the SEARCH field.) Item 35: Stay Healthy Most everything good that happens in the market requires the passage of time. By trying to stay stress-free, by giving time a chance to smooth out the wrinkles, by taking lots of vacations away from your stocks, by living the good life here at Boca West, and mostly by just staying physically healthy, you’ll be sure to be here when the time comes to collect your rewards. Equally important is staying mentally healthy, keeping things in perspective. The pursuit of financial gain can be challenging, exciting and gratifying. But, taken to extremes it can cause us to lose our balance and distort our priorities. Ross Perot, who at one time was the 3rd richest man in the world, says, ‘There is no worse way in this world to judge a human being than what he is worth financially.’ Comedian Stephen Wright puts it another way. He says, ‘You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?’ ☞ Amen.