When I started investing, like many more fools before me, I was obsessed with an ultimate goal: **make money, make lots of it, and make it fast!**

[https://medium.com/illumination/a-pig-with-lipstick-is-still-a-pig-1ebef7d26f82](https://medium.com/illumination/a-pig-with-lipstick-is-still-a-pig-1ebef7d26f82)

Totally agree. I scan through the Seeking Alpha peer comparison, look at 40-50 metrics real quick, and will dismiss 9/10 or more companies based on a few simple things I don’t like that show weakness from an operational standpoint. Keeps me from buying regrets now and allows me to hold with the utmost confidence, regardless of what Mr Market says the price is, knowing price will eventually follow reality, not investor emotion. 

Eric Messenger

https://medium.com/illumination/a-pig-with-lipstick-is-still-a-pig-1ebef7d26f82