“ He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year. ”
- Leonardo da Vinci- Copy
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“ If you’re prepared to invest in a company, then you ought to be able to explain why in simple language that a fifth grader could understand, and quickly enough so the fifth grader won’t get bored. ”
- Peter Lynch- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies. And if they insist on trying to time their participation in equities, they should try to be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful. ”
- Warren Buffett- Copy
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“ Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas. ”
- Paul Samuelson- Copy
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“ How long you stay invested for will likely be the single most important factor determining how well you do at investing. ”
- Morgan Housel- Copy
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“ You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don’t understand that’s going to happen, then you’re not ready, you won’t do well in the markets. ”
- Peter Lynch- Copy
- 3.6K
“ Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. ”
- Albert Einstein- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Calling someone who trades actively in the market an investor is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one. night stands a romantic. ”
- Warren Buffett- Copy
- 2.8K
“ There are two kinds of investors, be thay large or small: those who don’t know where the market is headed, and those who don’t know that they don’t know. ”
- William Bernstein- Copy
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“ I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will. ”
- Warren Buffett- Copy
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“ You are under no obligation to read or watch financial news. If you do, you are under no obligation to take any of it seriously. ”
- Morgan Housel- Copy
- 1.6K
“ A successful investor has a good knowledge base, a well. defined investment plan, and nerves of steel to stick with it. ”
- Andrew Clarke- Copy
- 2.8K
“ It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting. ”
- Jesse Livermore- Copy
- 2.7K
“ You can control your portfolio allocation, your own education, who you choose to listen to, what you choose to read, what evidence you choose to pay attention to, and how you respond to certain events. You cannot control what the Fed does, laws Congress sets, the next jobs report, or whether a company will beat earnings estimates. Focus on the former; try to ignore the latter. ”
- Morgan Housel- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Since 1900 the S&P 500 has returned about 6% per year, but the average difference between any year’s highest close and lowest close is 23%. Remember this the next time someone tries to explain why the market is up or down by a few percentage points. They are basically trying to explain why summer came after spring. ”
- Morgan Housel- Copy
- 1.8K
“ The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator. ”
- Benjamin Graham- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Don’t look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack! ”
- Jack Bogle- Copy
- 1.1K
“ It amazes me how people are often more willing to act based on little or no data than to use data that is a challenge to assemble. ”
- Robert Shiller- Copy
- 3.8K
“ How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case. ”
- Robert G. Allen- Copy
- 3.8K
“ My experience indicates that most people who’ve accumulated a great deal of wealth haven’t had that as their goal at all. Wealth is only a by. product, not the original motivation. ”
- Michael Milken- Copy
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“ It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results. ”
- Warren Buffett- Copy
- 1K
“ When you give up the hope that some advisor, some system, some source of inside tips is going to give you a shortcut to wealth, you’ll finally begin to gain control over your financial future. ”
- Harry Browne- Copy
- 2.7K
“ How long you stay invested for will likely be the single most important factor determining how well you do at investing. ”
- Morgan Housel- Copy
- 1.6K
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