Engineers working at a solar power plant. Luis Alvarez I believe the key to my journey toward achieving success as a long-term investor started by expressing a simple truth: I don't have a crystal ball. I recognize that in the short term, fundamentals are often overshadowed by market sentiment. In a one-year timeframe, Dividend Kings estimates that merely 5% of total returns are explained by fundamentals and valuation. But over time, market sentiment tends to more appropriately reflect fundamentals. Over 30 ...