If you haven't been reading Mark Cuban's blog you should start. The guy is quite amazing. He's a new-school Donald Trump for a younger generation (Trump, please don't sue me, I'm a huge fan). Rich, says what's on his mind, extremely intelligent, but unlike The Donald, not nearly as self-righteous about it all.

Anyway, his lastest installment, Why do people fall in love with stocks? makes a well-delivered point about the average "investor" and the love (hate) affair with the market. I like to follow stocks as a hobby, and I've done well enough in the market, but the reality is, I would rather share his investment strategy. A guy like me buys 100 or 1000 shares of xyz, which has a float of hundreds of millions of shares. That gets me nothing. Most of the "good" stocks (companies) just don't fluctuate enough for you to make a killing on that 1000 shares. He buys when he likes the company, and when he can pick up enough shares to make sure that "shareholder" isn't just lip service. If you can pick up 5%, you are going to be able to feel that ownership, and have a chance to affect the company you own.

I just wanted to take a second to introduce you to Mark. Check out his blog, it's always good. And to be honest, it's just great to see a guy of that stature blogging and being accessible to the rest of us.