Quotes of the Day

Writing offers is the difference between successful investors and excuse-laden pretenders. If the offer is rejected outright, then you know you haven't found the motivated vendor you're looking for; remember, dealing only with motivated vendors is absolutely critical. By receiving an outright rejection, you have just saved yourself substantial time, energy and money because there is no use putting any further effort into this property until the vendor is motivated. You may return in a few months when the vendor's motivation level has increased, but today is not the day for a deal, so move on to the next one. [2009] - Don R. Campbell

Tactical Asset Allocation: If, all things being equal, you determine that you should have a portfolio of 60% stocks, and if the adjusted P/E falls to the low teens, consider adding 2-3% points to your stock allocation, and that's all. If the market P/E falls to 10, then maybe, provided you can stomach the volatility, consider adding yet another percentage point or two, or even three, to your "neutral" allocation. If the adjusted P/E rises to 30 or so, you may want to lighten up on stocks by a few points. Please, keep to these parameters. Tilting more than a few percentage points - particularly on the up side (more stocks than before) - increases your risks beyond the value of any potential gain. [2013] - Russell Wild

Freudian slip: if you allow a person to talk bout himself freely, eventually he will slip. [2004] - Brian Tracy

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, or MBCT, helps people out of the gap between how we feel and how we want to feel. It combines traditional strategies of cognitive therapy with mindfulness practices. Cognitive therapy helps you change distorted thoughts; mindfulness helps you change how you relate to your thoughts in the first place. MBCT is potent against that great threat to your telomeres, major depression. It's been show to be as effective as an antidepressant. [2017] - Elizabeth Blackburn

Unless it's plain (unflavored), yogurt may contain large amounts of added sugar unless marked "light," which means it's been artificially sweetened. Look for those with 20 grams of total carbs or less per 6 ounces (usually the case with Greek yogurts that have two to three times the protein of regular yogurts): 1. Stonyfield Farm: plain or flavored 2. Dannon Light & Fir or fat-free plain yogurt 3. Yoplait Light 4. Greek style: Chobani nonfat Greek yogurt, Fage nonfat Greek yogurt, Dannon Light & Fir Greek Yogurt, Activia Greek 4-ounce yogurts 5. Other 1 percent or nonfat Greek yogurts [2013] - Hillary Wright