Quotes About Investing

Markets may in the short-term correct. But in a bull market the correction is always sharp, swift and short-lived.

Markets are frequently ahead of, and often out of sync with, the economy.

There's only one problem with market timing: It doesn't work.

The category of small-cap value represents approximately 3 percent of the capitalization of the broad U.S. market.

The problem with long-term investing is the short term. Nothing destroys a good long-term plan like extreme short-term volatility. That throws people off track, and they often do things that are emotional rather than rational.

Asset allocation eliminates the need to predict the near-term future direction of the financial markets and eliminates the risk of being in the wrong market at the wrong time.

On traditional economic theory: We do not play chess as if we were a grandmaster, invest as if we were Warren Buffett, or cook like an Iron Chef. It is more likely we cook like Warren Buffett, who loves to eat at Dairy Queen.

losses hurt about twice as much as gains make you feel good.

professional money managers perform no better than simple market averages

Now, you'll have to answer my questions. Oh, very well, Set said. I like Brazil for the World Cup. I'd advise investing in platinum and small-cap funds. And your lucky numbers this week are 2, 13-- Not those questions! Menshikov snapped.

We live in a disposable world. There's no point in investing yourself too heavily. Love doesn't fix anything...it destroys more than it fixes. and when the dust has settled, it's just an afterthought. Lives still get ruined, people still leave, and life goes on and on and on. the first forty-eight hours are the worst. the ego's taken a bit of a kicking. what you need is a constant supply of alcohol. today was a day for taking tranquilizers washed down by vodka.

We don't recognize the power of compounding.

Investing entails risk, and risk means that you could lose money occasionally for reasons that are beyond your control. However, you can make sure to reduce the possibility of errors by controlling your decision making process.

We want more money in real terms after taking inflation into account. Here, I would like to emphasize that whether you consider yourself a stock, gold, private business, or real estate investor, or if you only invest for income such as dividends or rental income, all investors in all asset classes have to obey the same laws and principles of investing. There is no exception! Sometimes,

Almost all investors I know, who consider themselves proper investors according to the definition above, like to do the occasional trade, punt on pure speculation. But they do it with money they consider part of their gambling portfolio, or play money. They would never risk their financial well being by mindlessly gambling with their main wealth. What

He claimed that he would rather buy stocks under these conditions, because pigs did not pay a dividend. Plus, you have to feed pigs. Mr.

Ever heard of collateralized debt obligations? Mortgage-backed securities? Non-bank asset-backed commercial paper? What about income trusts? Or even mutual funds?

From 1928 to 1982 the Dow rose about 300%. But from 1982 to mid-2021, the market has risen 3500%! That's far faster than the US economy has grown, or company earnings have risen. In addition to investor animal spirits, much of the increase is due to ultra-low interest rates.

Invest like a bull, sit like a bear and watch like an eagle. (mantra for long term investing)

There is large cap, mid cap, small cap. There is also a "BHANGAAR CAP". More than 4000 out of 6000 companies fit in that category. They show up only in the good times. Be careful

Trading is injurious to your wealth. If you are smoking you may die in 20-30 years whereas by trading, this may happen the very next day.

Regret is a lifestyle disease of equity investing.

The only intelligence investing is value investing...to acquire more than one is paying for.

Real estate investing, even on a very small scale, remains a tried and true means of building an individual's cash flow and wealth.