Get rich slowly by holding your nerve in a long-term game

When playing the stock market, the best approach is to play it safe at every turn – it’s not very exciting, but it will work

Stay safe at every turn and you may be in with a better chance of getting rich Pic:iStock

Those of us who were around in the early 1990s can remember all the excitement about “the information superhighway”, which promised that a digital revolution was just around the corner. What was being spoken of as the inconceivable future, only a couple of decades ago, has now become everyday reality. We are well and truly living in the information age.

The changes we have seen have been astonishing but, as is the way ...