Quotes About Risk

successful on the right side, especially the I quadrant, you must think in numbers. It's very risky trying to be an investor while still thinking predominantly in words.

Con frecuencia, quienes prosperan en el mundo real no son los inteligentes sino los temerarios.

Investing is much like flying. If you've been to flight school and spent a number of years gaining experience, then flying is fun and exciting. But if you've never been to flight school, I'd leave the flying to someone else.

Great transfers of wealth often occur when laws and markets change, so it is important to pay attention if you want to have those changes work in your favor, and not against you.

Instead of going with the flow, he tried to fight it, became exhausted, and nearly drowned. The same thing happens with new investors.

Average investors continue to buy and hold, buy the dips

Learn to manage risk.

The way to stop failing is to fail faster.

but they lack the education and experience required for the investments on the Fast Track.

My house is a liability, and if your house is your largest investment, you're in trouble.

An employee with a safe, secure job, without financial aptitude, has no escape.

Fear is the main reason that people say, "Play it safe." That goes for anything, be it sports, relationships, careers, or money.

This educated middle class subscribes to the dogma put out by mutual-fund brokers and financial planners: "Play it safe. Avoid risk.

but we cannot count on the fact that it will go up in value.

a majority of people let their lack of money stop them from making a deal.

It is only a loser who stays at the wrong table forever, losing everything, hoping to prove that they are not a loser.

It is what you know that is your greatest wealth. It is what you do not know that is your greatest risk.

You really wanted to win, but the fear of losing was greater than the excitement of winning.

To me, one of the primary reasons E's and S's have difficulty moving to the B and I side is because they are too afraid of making mistakes.

Buffett himself says, Diversification is protection against ignorance. (It) makes very little sense for those who know what they're doing.

Muchas personas no se convierten en empresarios porque tienen miedo al fracaso.

Today most of us know that job security is a thing of the past

But the truth is that you let life push you into submission. Deep down you were terrified of taking risks. You really wanted to win, but the fear of losing was greater than the excitement of winning. Deep inside, you and only you will know you didn't go for it. You chose to play it safe.

When the trend of the market is down, the sophisticated investor will use put options not only to make money, but also to protect the value of her stock in case prices begin to fall.