Focus on the Hill, Not the String Focus on the Hill, Not the String By Ric Edelman From The Truth About Money .
People fear the stock market because stock prices are volatile.
Prices can fall, and people fear falling. Yet, this fear is misguided. Imagine a boy walking up a steep hill while playing with a yo-yo. True, the yo-yo will always reach a low point, but each low point will be higher than the last low point, because the boy is now on higher ground. So it is with the stock market.