Quotes About Investment

You're either making money or you're not. If you're not making money get out of the business.

That just doesn't make sense, that government should be making money off students.

I'm not one of the guys that didn't know how to manage my money.

It's crazy to go into manufacturing. That's not where the money is.

I am pro-capitalism, and I am pro-free market.

I know some authors who have gotten $25,000 advances and put it all into marketing, others who allocate $5,000 or $1,000.

One of the reasons why we can make a lot of money in equity markets is because they're auction-driven, and auction-driven markets are very different from almost any other kind of market.

The markets are efficient over time.

Businesses will ultimately go where the markets and opportunities are.

Creating efficiencies in private markets is a huge win for the economy.

My father was really into it. We would wake up in the morning and look at the markets.

Nations such as Finland, Canada, Japan, and South Korea spend time and resources improving the skills of their teachers, not selectively firing them in relation to student test scores.

Time is a corporate asset now. It belongs to the free market system. The present is harder to find. It is being sucked out of the world to make way for the future of uncontrolled markets and huge investment potential. The future becomes insistent. This is why something will happen soon, maybe today…to correct the acceleration of time. Bring nature back to normal, more or less.

Who is going to invest in a company that shows you what's going on quarterly, compared to one that shows you what's going on all the time?

That experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

home buyers sometimes make the mistake of focusing on home acquisition as an investment and overlook quality-of-life factors such as proximity to schools, parks, extended family, and work—all of which are the aspects of daily life that make for a healthy, safe, and comfortable home.

I've never gambled in my life. To me, a gambler is someone who plays slot machines. I prefer to own slot machines. It's a very good business being the house.

you never sell investment real estate; you trade it.

The amateurs usually do not have cash flow, which sets up a downfall, or "crash," one sees in the cyclical real estate market.

To me, the long-term tax advantages and appreciation make real estate the best investment.

Real estate is all about wasting time. The more time you waste, the more money you make.

For investors, in addition to the standard adage of location, location, location, returns depend on having good timing, deep pockets, and sound financing relationships.

6. Buy something of equal or greater value. To avoid paying any tax at the time of the exchange, you have to buy property of equal or greater value and reinvest all of the cash.

The best advice he gave me was simply to be in the real estate market as an investor and to believe in the market.