Investing Quotes - Page 19

I think investing in a good education has been key for me, although the investment was more in time than money.

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.

When I retire, I wanna be able to just lay back. Only way to make it happen is to be investing my money, not spending it.

The good news in investing is there are no HR problems. If there are no humans, there are no problems!

Patience is one of the most valuable attributes in investing.

Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it.

Get inside information from the president and you will probably lose half of your money. If you get it from the chairman of the board, you will lose all of it.

I always felt very secure and very safe with real estate. Real estate always appreciates.

Investing in women is not only the right thing to do, but also the smart thing to do.

Taking this view, it is possible to see financial markets as a laboratory for testing hypotheses, albeit not strictly scientific ones. The truth is, successful investing is a kind of alchemy.

I contend that financial markets never reflect the underlying reality accurately; they always distort it in some way or another and the distortions find expression in market prices. Those distortions can, occasionally, find ways to affect the fundamentals that market prices are supposed to reflect.

It's not supposed to be easy. Anyone who finds it easy is stupid.

In business we often find that the winning system goes almost ridiculously far in maximizing and or minimizing one or a few variables - like the discount warehouses of Costco.

there are all kinds of wonderful new inventions that give you nothing as owners except the opportunity to spend a lot more money in a business that's still going to be lousy. The money still won't come to you. All of the advantages from great improvements are going to flow through to the customers.

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

I have become increasingly convinced that the past records of mutual fund managers are essentially worthless in predicting future success. The few examples of consistently superior performance occur no more frequently than can be expected by chance.

The investor should be aware that even though safety of its principal and interest may be unquestioned, a long term bond could vary widely in market price in response to changes in interest rates.

The determining trait of the enterprising (or active, or aggressive) investor is his willingness to devote time and care to the selection of securities that are both sound and more attractive than the average.

Confusing speculation with investment is always a mistake.

We have not known a single person who has consistently or lastingly make money by thus "following the market". We do not hesitate to declare this approach is as fallacious as it is popular.

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

Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world.

Lethargy, bordering on sloth should remain the cornerstone of an investment style.

You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.

Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money.