Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux. Money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.
- George Soros, Chairman - Soros Fund Management
Things always become obvious after the fact.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Author - Fooled by Randomness
If you want to have a better performance than the crowd, you must do things differently from the crowd.
- John Templeton, Founder - Templeton Growth Fund
Time is the enemy of the poor business and the friend of the great business.
- Warren Buffett, Chairman - Berkshire Hathaway
Individuals who cannot master their emotions are ill-suited to profit from the investment process.
- Benjamin Graham, Author - The Intelligent Investor
Lower prices today mean higher future rates of return, and high prices today mean lower future rates of return.
- Bill Miller, Chairman - Legg Mason Capital Management
Academic qualifications are important and so is financial education. However schools are forgetting one of them.
- Robert Kiyosaki, Author - Rich Dad Poor Dad
Change is the investor's only certainty.
- Thomas Rowe Price, Jr, Founder - T. Rowe Price investment firm
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, Author - Economics: An Introductory Analysis
Usually the market is too pessimistic when times are bad and too optimistic when times are good.
- Bill Miller, Chairman - Legg Mason Capital Management
