Quotes About Investment

By putting your stocks into categories you'll have a better idea of what to expect from them.

Consider the size of a company if you expect it to profit from a specific product.

the stock market demands conviction as surely as it victimizes the unconvinced.

A person who owns property and has a stake in the enterprise is likely to work harder and feel happier and do a better job than a person who doesn't.

My advice for the next decade: Keep on the lookout for tomorrow's big baggers. You're likely to find one.

So while the smaller fast growers risk extinction, the larger fast growers risk a rapid devaluation when they begin to falter.

The p/e ratio can be thought of as the number of years it will take the company to earn back the amount of your initial investment—assuming, of course, that the company's earnings stay constant.

share of stock is not a lottery ticket. It's part ownership of a business.

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

A person who owns property and has a stake in the enterprise is likely to work harder and feel happier and do a better job than a person who doesn't.

To me, an investment is simply a gamble in which you've managed to tilt the odds in your favor.

If you can follow only one bit of data, follow the earnings - assuming the company in question has earnings.

By the way, the odds against making a living in the day-trading business are about the same as the odds against making a living at racetracks, blackjack tables, or video poker.

Houses, like stocks, are most likely to be profitable when they're held for a long period of time. Unlike stocks, houses are likely to be owned by the same person for a number of years—seven, I think, is the average. Compare this to the

One reason bonds are so popular is that elderly people have most of the money in this country, and elderly people tend to live off interest.

Debt is saving in reverse. The more it builds up, the worse off you are.

The old Wall Street adage never invest in anything that eats or needs repairs may apply to racehorses, but it's mlarkey when it comes to houses.

a company.' 'You're losing me, Gerry.' 'High finance and corporate

embarrassing entanglements. "Bribery interferes with trade, investment, and development," Hillary Clinton said at the OECD's fiftieth-anniversary forum in 2011. "It undermines good governance and encourages greater corruption. And of course, it is morally wrong—and far too common." On that we can all agree.

If the owners are cashing out, there's no reason for you to be cashing in.

The trouble with being educated is that it takes a long time; it uses up the better part of your life and when you are finished what you know is that you would have benefited more by going into banking.

Gone were the days when Zuckerman had only to worry about Zuckerman making money: henceforth he would have to worry about his money making money.

When resources become relatively scarce and relatively costly, it suddenly does make sense to invest in coaching and training in order to extract the maximum value from "medium-grade ore.

As yet infrequent in some professions (such as law), fixed-price contracts or bids are increasingly common in investment banking, medicine, consulting, and architecture.