The trick for investors, in a world that looks more short term than ever, is to remember that less has changed than meets the eye, and that you needn't shorten your own horizons just because others appear to be shortening theirs.
The key is that the less you say about what you do the more people will remember what you do and what distinguishes you from everyone else who claims that they do what you do.
And remember, this is a responsibility that Congress assigned to itself in order to try to get Congress to spend less and be more focused on deficit reduction.