Sunday, September 12, 2010

On Investment

Job insecurity, together with declines in home values and tight credit, is likely to limit gains in consumer spending. -Ben S. Bernanke

The economic repercussions of a stock market crash depend less on the severity of the crash itself than on the response of economic policymakers... -Ben S. Bernanke

Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception. -George Soros

The stick market casino has become a giant-and costly-distraction to the serious business of investing. -John J.Bogle

The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight. -Jesse Livermore

Greed, recklessness and self-interest rides in the saddle of today's capitalism. -Jone I.Bogle

Needless to say; the analyst cannot be right all the time. -Benjamin Graham

Wall Street people learn nothing and forget everything. -Benjamin Graham

In the short run the stock market is a voting machine...[but] in the long run it is a weighting
machine.  -Ben S. Bernanke

There are two requirements for success on Wall Street. One you have to think correctly; and secondly, you have to think independently. -Ben S. Bernanke

Don't gamble. Take all your savings and buy some good stocks and hold it until it goes up, then sell it. If it doesn’t go up, don't buy it. -Wll Rogers

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's. -Will Rogers

Changes is the investor's only certainty. -T.Rowe Price

Warren Buffett said:
Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swinging naked.

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

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mac West said, “Too much of a good thing can be wonderful."

There are two rule to remember about investing-First, never lose money; second, never forget Rule #1.

Others said:
There's no such thing as a free lunch.

In bear markets, they never let you out. In bull markets, they never let you in.
-Jeffrey B.Little and Lucien Rhodes

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