Happy New Year, Fools!
2013 was a good one for the sharemarket and the economy. In being so, it reaffirmed the amazing productive capacity of human ingenuity. Yes, 2013 wasn't the exception, but the rule.
We don't know what 2014 will bring, but we're confident that the market and the economy will be bigger and better ten years from now.
There will be recessions and stockmarket slumps in our future. There will be many more good years – and they'll outweigh the bad… By a long way.
The future belongs to the optimists – and we're pleased to be firmly among their number.
Here's to 2014, Fools!