Quotes About Investment

Wealth is the measure of the cash flow from the asset column compared with the expense column.

One dad struggled to save a few dollars. The other created investments. One dad taught me how to write an impressive resumé so I could find a good job. The other taught me how to write strong business and financial plans so I could create jobs.

what's hard is the mental fortitude to direct money to the correct use.

using a short is pretty safe in a down-trending market, and much more risky in an up-trending or sideways-moving market.

When a person shorts a stock, they receive money for selling something they do not own. So it really does not take money to make money.

The rich buy assets. •?The poor only have expenses.

I collect real estate simply because I love buildings and land. I love shopping for them, and I could look at them all day long. When problems arise, the problems aren't so bad that it changes my love for real estate. For people who hate real estate, they shouldn't buy it.

How can you turn a lemon into millions? That is financial intelligence.

The middle class buy liabilities they think are assets.

When I said to my broker, "Write a naked put option," I was saying, "I want to sell options on stock I do not own.

Too often today, we focus on borrowing money to get the things we want instead of focusing on creating money.

I want money, so I give money, and it comes back in multiples.

So if you want to be rich and maintain your wealth, it's important to be financially literate, in words as well as numbers.

For example, when my wife Kim and I had extra money coming from our apartment houses, she went out and bought her Mercedes. It didn't take any extra work or risk on her part because the apartment house bought the car.

In the vocabulary of options traders, writing means selling.

Have never met anyone who really likes losing money. And in all my years, I have never met a rich person who has never lost money.

Today, we need greater financial intelligence to simply survive. The idea that "it takes money to make money" is the thinking of financially unsophisticated people. It does not mean that they're not intelligent. They have simply not learned the science of money making money.

For there to be profit in a deal, there must be two elements: a bargain and change.

The fear of losing money is real. Everyone has

The Worldly Philosophers by Robert Heilbroner. For people who want to operate on the B and I side, his book is a must-read, for it traces the greatest economists of all time, starting with Adam Smith who wrote The Wealth of Nations.

Is it an investment property? Is it rented? What is the current rent? What is the vacancy rate? What are the average rents in that area? What are the maintenance costs? Is there deferred maintenance? Will the owner finance? What types of financing terms are available?

If you hate risk and worry, start early." If

Otherwise, keep your day job and mind your own business.

Today, savers are the biggest losers. Since 1971, the U.S. dollar has lost 95 percent of its value when compared to gold. It will not take another 40 years to lose its remaining 5 percent.