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Over my more than five years as a professional analyst/investment writer I've learned five fundamental truths about good long-term investing.
- proper asset allocation/portfolio construction is the first step to success (it's what protects you from mistakes and inevitable market downturns)
- stocks are the best performing asset class is history (which is why you want to own as much of them as your risk tolerance can stomach)
- something great is always on sale (even during roaring bull markets)
- dividend growth blue-chips are one of the highest probability/lowest risk strategies you can use (because