Quotes About Investor

Uber, and Airbnb to a different extent, implemented the same battle plan. Bezos is an investor in both companies and, to some degree, has relationships with both CEOs. It is not a surprise that they are heirs to Amazon.

To be a successful business owner and investor, you have to be emotionally neutral to winning and losing. Winning and losing are just part of the game.

An investor who proposes to ignore near-term market fluctuations needs greater resources for safety and must not operate on so large a scale, if at all, with borrowed money.

Everyone has the brainpower to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach. If you are susceptible to selling everything in a panic, you ought to avoid stocks and mutual funds altogether.

If something great comes off with the potential TV series, I will go straight to an investor this time and put my money in whatever they invest in.

It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.

Traditionally the investor has been the man with patience and the courage of his convictions who would buy when the harried or disheartened speculator was selling.

Combating myopic risk aversion is the most difficult emotional task facing any investor. I know of only two ways of doing this. The first is to check on your portfolios as infrequently as possible. ... The other way to avoid myopic risk aversion is to hold enough cash so that you have a certain equanimity about market falls.

The risk of owning stock in a single shaky company is very high. But in a portfolio of many such losers, a few might reasonably be expected to pull through, providing the investor with a reasonable return. Thus

Personal finance, like most important aspects of life, is a never-ending quest. The competent investor never stops learning.

Anticipated receipt of a fixed amount from life insurance proceeds represents a virtual fixed-income asset, suggesting a diminished role for bonds in an investor's portfolio.

Personal residences and privately held businesses constitute important nonfinancial assets on many personal balance sheets. Homeownership insulates individuals from changes in the cost of renting a place to live. Since inflation-sensitive habitation costs constitute a significant portion of most household budgets, homeownership reduces the need for inflation-hedging assets in investor portfolios.

If an individual owns a small business, the equity-oriented nature of the private holding argues for a lower equity position in the investor's financial holdings. Investors benefit from taking the broadest view of their financial circumstances.

I've learned there's a big difference between a long-focused value investor and a good short-seller. That difference is psychological and I think it falls into the realm of behavioral finance.

An investor will succeed by coupling good business judgment with an ability to insulate his thoughts and behavior from the super-contagious emotions that swirl about the marketplace.

I'm a pretty disciplined investor and pretty disciplined buyer. I do my due diligence. I do my homework. I don't waste money.

I can't tell you the number of people who pitched something and have no idea whom they are pitching it to. They don't know the background of the investor.

You need to keep having data points of progress, so even if an investor - and we've all had investors say no to us - there are times where you go back, and you keep them in the loop, and you keep telling them the progress and the perseverance you have.

Mixing a broad index fund with small-cap value has produced the best results. U.S. equities are a core position in almost every growth investor's portfolio.

An investor doesn't have a prayer of picking a manager that can deliver true alpha.

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.

An entrepreneur needs to know what they need, period. Then they need to find an investor who can build off whatever their weaknesses are - whether that's through money, strategic partnerships or knowledge.

For male and female entrepreneurs alike, having a woman investor can bring credibility when discussing product positioning and expansion opportunities.

With 'posts' running in the millions, Internet message boards have become an essential part of the savvy investor's arsenal.