Investing for long-term is no joke

Some jokes never get old. For example: Q: When does a person decide to become a stock broker? A: When he doesn't have the charisma to become an undertaker. I read this joke in a Reader's Digest edition some years back, and it never fails to get laughs when I tell it to a group of friends. Until last week, that is, when I told this joke to a group of friends and one of the scowled really hard at me. Probably because he's a stock broker. He didn't find it funny and I can u

This article was originally published on October 24, 2015.