Top Financial Quotes
“Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.”
“More money has been lost trying to anticipate and protect from corrections than actually in them.”
— Peter Lynch
“The four most dangerous words in investing are: “This time it’s different.”
“Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.”
— Warren Buffett
“Rule number one: Don’t lose money. Rule number two: Don’t forget rule number one.”
— Warren Buffett
“The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.”
“The trick is not to learn to trust your gut feelings, but rather to discipline yourself to ignore them. Stand by your stocks as long as the fundamental story of the company hasn’t changed.”
— Peter Lynch
“The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect.”
— Warren Buffett
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“Unless you can watch your stock holding decline by 50% without becoming panic stricken, you should not be in the stock market.”
— Warren Buffett
“If I’d only followed CNBC’s advice, I’d have a million dollars today. Provided I’d started with a hundred million dollars.”
— Jon Stewart
“The investor’s chief problem and even his worst enemy is likely to be himself.”
“I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.”
— Warren Buffett
“The most dangerous thing is to buy something at the peak of its popularity. At that point, all favourable facts and opinions are already factored into its price and no new buyers are left to emerge.”
“The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists.”
— Benjamin Graham
“Know what you own, and know why you own it.”
— Peter Lynch