Quotes About Finance

The second vice is lying; the first is running in debt.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

Remember that credit is money.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

Nothing is certain except death and taxes.

All the little money that ever came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

There are two ways to increase your wealth. Increase your means or decrease your wants. The best is to do both at the same time.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

If you would know the worth of money, go and try to borrow some.

The Use of Money is all the Advantage there is in having Money.

Industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them.

The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her outgoes are greater than her incomes.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

Think what you do when you run in debt: you give another power over your liberty.

Creditors are a kind of people that have the sharpest eyes and ears, as well as the best memories of any in the world.

Industry pays debts while despair increases them.

People who invest make money for themselves; people who speculate make money for their brokers.

Buy cheap and sell dear.

On the other hand, investing is a unique kind of casino—one where you cannot lose in the end, so long as you play only by the rules that put the odds squarely in your favor.

A stock is not just a ticker symbol or an electronic blip; it is an ownership interest in an actual business, with an underlying value that does not depend on its share price.

Rule 1. Markets are risky. Rule 2. Trouble runs in streaks. Rule 3. Markets have a personality. Rule 4. Markets mislead. Rule 5. Market time is relative

If you can distill the essence of GE's stock behavior over the past twenty years, then you can apply it to financial engineering. You can estimate the risk of holding the stock over the next twenty years. You can estimate how many shares of the stock to buy for your portfolio. You can calculate the proper value of options you want to trade on the stock.

But the financial industry is supremely pragmatic. While it may genuflect to the old icons, it invests its research dollars in the search for newer, better gods.

The financial implode is bound to be reflected in the movies that are being made, there's no question.