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Peter Lynch Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves.

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Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business.



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When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I've bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30. You just don't know when you can find the bottom.

When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I've bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30. You just don't know when you can find the bottom.



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Everyone has the brain power to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach.



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You only need a few good stocks in your lifetime. I mean how many times do you need a stock to go up ten-fold to make a lot of money? Not a lot.



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The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy.

The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy.



Never invest in a company without understanding its finances. The biggest losses in stocks come from companies with poor balance sheets.

Never invest in a company without understanding its finances. The biggest losses in stocks come from companies with poor balance sheets.





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I'm fascinated in the children within adults.



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We all survive more than we think we can.



Mir Bahadur Ali is, as we have seen, incapable of evading the most vulgar of art's temptations: that of being a genius.

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If we are to make the most of the opportunities ahead we need a bold break with the past.

If we are to make the most of the opportunities ahead we need a bold break with the past.



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