Investing Quotes

Gentlemen who prefer bonds don't know what they're missing.

All you need for a lifetime of successful investing is a few big winners, and the pluses from those will overwhelm the minuses from the stocks that don't work out.

I've found that when the market's going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy. You won't get there by reading 'Now is the time to buy.'

Equity mutual funds are the perfect solution for people who want to own stocks without doing their own research.

Enjoy your work and have ethical standards.

Searching for companies is like looking for grubs under rocks: if you turn over 10 rocks you'll likely find one grub; if you turn over 20 rocks you'll find two.

There is no possibility of failure because you only control your actions and they only influence the probable evolution of your life over stochastic future paths. There is no failure, only feedback.

Hint: money flows into most funds after good performance, and goes out when bad performance follows.

In the book of things people more often do wrong than right, investing must certainly top the list, followed closely by wallpapering and eating artichokes

I really like my life. I've arranged my life so that I can do what I want.

Warren spends 70 hours a week thinking about investing .

To me, it's obvious that the winner has to bet very selectively. It's been obvious to me since very early in life. I don't know why it's not obvious to very many other people.

Buy a business, don't rent stocks.

A great investment opportunity occurs when a marvelous business encounters a one-time huge, but solvable problem.

Turnarounds seldom turn.

I have a 41-year track record of investing excellence… what do you have?

You're dealing with a lot of silly people in the marketplace; it's like a great big casino and everyone else is boozing. If you can stick with Pepsi, you should be OK.

The natural-born investor is a myth.

Earnings can change dramatically. Usually assets change slowly.

The growth stock theory of investing requires patience, but is less stressful than trading, generally has less risk, and reduces brokerage commissions and income taxes.

Never mingle your speculative and investment operations in the same account nor in any part of your thinking.

Have patience. Stocks don't go up immediately.

Rich people think long-term. They balance their spending on enjoyment today with investing for freedom tomorrow.

I'm not very good on timing. In fact, I've stayed away from it.

Bureaucracies are progressive. meaning they have a burning fear that someone. somewhere, is doing something without permission.

Behind every stock is a company. Find out what it's doing.

My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international.

When interest rates are low we have conditions for asset bubbles to develop, and they are developing at the moment. The ultimate asset bubble is gold.

Fear has a far greater grasp on human action than the impressive weight of historical evidence.

More money is lost anticipating the changes in the overall stock market than any other way of investing.

Visiting stores and testing products is one of the critical elements of the analyst's job.

Make sure you have the courage to stay true to your convictions and not let the market affect your emotions.

A defensive investor can always prosper by looking patiently and calmly through the wreckage of a bear market.

Investing is for wealth preservation, not wealth creation, so first you have to make wealth.

The ability to say no is a tremendous advantage for an investor.

Achieving conventional goals, such as profits and joy, with unconventional methods, such as investing energy instead of money.

Marketing is every bit of contact your company has with anyone in the outside world. Every bit of contact. That means a lot of marketing opportunities. It does not mean investing a lot of money.

In almost every walk of life, people buy more at lower prices; in the stock market they seem to buy more at higher prices.

Investing in early childhood nutrition is a surefire strategy. The returns are incredibly high.

Patience is one of the most valuable attributes in investing.

You must value the business in order to value the stock.

You've got to have models in your head and you've got to array you experience - both vicarious and direct - onto this latticework of mental models.

Investing isn’t risky; not being in control is risky.

If you have more than 120 or 130 I.Q. points, you can afford to give the rest away. You don't need extraordinary intelligence to succeed as an investor.

Long-term investing has gotten so popular, it's easier to admit you're a crack addict than to admit you're a short-term investor.

We do not view the company itself as the ultimate owner of our business assets but instead view the company as a conduit through which our shareholders own assets.

When an investor focuses on short-term investments, he or she is observing the variability of the portfolio, not the returns - in short, being fooled by randomness.

Active management is little more than a gigantic con game.

Basically, we try to buy value expressed in the differential between its price and what we think its worth.

Confusing speculation with investment is always a mistake.