Investment

Tom Paine should have been a financial advisor. Attempting to bolster the spirits of Continentals after a retreat from a superior British force in the winter of 1776, Paine wrote, The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. So it goes with investments. Given the recent string of 400-plus Dow point days, the equity market is gyrating now

byBrad Zigler