Quotes About Investing

Emerging investors want to invest differently. They want to have their dollars - their investment dollars - do double duty.

I always say that in investing you want to buy stock in a company that has a business that's so good that an idiot can run it, because sooner or later one will. We have a country like that.

Well, actually, I manage a couple of stock portfolios or funds or whatever you want to call 'em, and I think I've done relatively well with them.

Investing is far more cumulative [than chess]. So long as you're sharp, you can do it for as long as you want.

It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.

Never, ever invest money that you will need prior to three to five years - minimum.

If you want to own individual stocks your portfolio should have a minimum of 10 to 12 stocks. It is never smart to have a larger portion of your retirement funds invested in one stock. No matter how stable that stock looks, we can never be sure of its future. If the money you want to devote to stocks is not enough to buy that many individual shares, then I recommend you focus on dividend-paying ETFs.

STEP 4. Save in a taxable account.

If you own dozens of stocks, you will minimize the chance that any single problem will sink your ship.

Some of the most important things to look for when checking underneath a fund's hood are its fees.

A general rule of thumb worth considering is to subtract your age from 100. So if you are 35, consider a portfolio that has 65% or so in stocks.

you can invest through TreasuryDirect.gov. Just remember to stick with shorter-term issues—maturities of five years or less.

Saving is for a short-term goal that you hope to reach within five years or so. Investing is for the long term.

Windmills and solar cells are carbon-free sources of electricity. But they are costly. If you've been investing in those, give it up. That game is effectively over.

Businesses need certainty, to see clearly the rules of engagement for investing in South Africa.

We must not have an economy that discourages and chases away investors from investing in South Africa.

Legacy is more than leaving possessions behind. It's about investing in people with passion and integrity through leadership and love.

Being a successful investor & winning in the stock market is a matter of skill & discipline and not luck alone

In this business if you're good, you're right six times out of ten. You're never going to be right nine times out of ten.

It is also related to a problem called denigration of history, as gamblers, investors, and decision-makers feel that the sorts of things that happen to others would not necessarily happen to them.

These traders lose money frequently, but in small amounts, and make money rarely, but in large amounts. I call them crisis hunters. I am happy to be one of them.

The longer one goes without a market trauma, the worse the damage when commotion occurs.

My declared approach was to try to make money infrequently.

at any point in time, the richest traders are often the worst traders.