Quotes About Investing

The unifying factor in my career across investing and entrepreneurship was that the whole time I've basically been an involuntary power user of legal services.

For many users, cryptocurrencies are going to be their first foray into investing, and we want to be there.

Invest as efficiently as you can, using low-cost funds that can be bought and held for a lifetime.

I do not use short selling. The fund has not shorted a stock since the 2002 to 2003 time frame. At that time I did short three stocks, on which I broke even on two and made money on one of them. The experience taught me that I was not going to be using short selling going forward for a slew of reasons.

If you look at where the tried and true of Silicon Valley VC's are investing, it's in people who understand what it takes, who've been through it and have a network of people they can tap and resources to pull together.

The phrase 'change the world' is tossed around Silicon Valley conversations and business plans as freely as talk of 'early-stage investing' and 'beta tests.'

For me, seed investing isn't just a good return area but a big part of how we network in Silicon Valley. A lot of our best deals have come from being active in the seed stage.

Fear, greed and hope have destroyed more portfolio value than any recession or depression we have ever been through.

There is no such thing as a value trap. There are investing mistakes.

In essence, the stock market represents three separate categories of business.They are, adjusted for inflation, those with shrinking intrinsic value, those with approximately stable intrinsic value, and those with steadily growing intrinsic value.

I think investors ought to focus on making sure that the stock is within their circle of competence, that it's worth a lot more than it's valued at - and once you have those two things, a stop-loss makes no sense.

That's why one of my favorite investing rules is "If the market is open, your wallet should be closed." You should never act on an investing idea the same day you get it; the next day, your mood and situation will have changed, and the facts may look different to you. Sleeping on it is one of the simplest and best ways to make sure your decision is not just a momentary whim.

What history does prove is that how risky stocks seem, and how risky they actually are, are inversely correlated.

You should welcome a bear market, since it puts stocks back on sale.

Never dig so deep into the numbers that you check your common sense at the door, and always read the proxy statement before (and after) you buy a stock.

I'm always surprised that you all don't take more interest in other creatures. It's like living on a street and not knowing your next-door neighbor. If I were human, I'd start investing in a little kindness. When the arthropods rule the planet, all those lobster dishes and crab sticks could well be a cause of some regret.

Even more important than saving money is making it.

Use Time. Make it easy. Get your money to work for you. The key is to get in the market, as it is not about timing the market, but time in the market that matters.

Negatively correlated assets tend to work in harmony in a way that people are generally not used to seeing.

Employers should overcome a myopic quarterly earnings posture and focus on long-term strategies for growth that include investing in their own skills-training efforts to enable a broader pool of applicants.

Many investors make the mistake of buying high and selling low while the exact opposite is the right strategy.

That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the individual, can have very dangerous and perverse effects for the market as a whole.

I'm from the streets, so I look at investing through a very unique lens.

I've had a very good stretch with startup investing, and I think it's very important to know when to hold your chips.