This is one of the keys to successful investing: focus on the companies, not on the stocks. - Peter Lynch

They worked out a new deal between another group of investors (headed by John Peirce) and the Plymouth Company, which owned the land.

Actually Wall Street thinks just as the Greeks did. The early Greeks used to sit around for days and debate how many teeth a horse has. They thought they could figure it out by just sitting there, instead of checking the horse. A lot of investors sit around and debate whether a stock is going up, as if the financial muse will give them the answer, instead of checking the company.

A person who owns property and has a stake in the enterprise is likely to work harder and feel happier and do a better job than a person who doesn