I think the value of venues like CNBC is that they give investors an opportunity to reevaluate the situation minute by minute, but maybe we don't need to follow the market so closely.

Having the opportunity to follow the market frequently gives you the opportunity to see if you need to reevaluate your portfolio. But reevaluating your portfolio shouldn't trigger a sell signal so frequently.

I think that my biggest attribute to any success that I have had is hard work. There really is no substitute for working hard.

But I think we need the international market.

The amount of data and analysis available for free is a true example of information explosion has leveled the playing field for individual investors.

While it's wonderful that investors have access to all the data now available to them, it has become a full-time job to sift through it and separate out the valuable news from the useless noise.