I would say 95% of all these people you hear on TV shows are giving you their personal opinion. And personal opinions are almost always worthless. Facts are far more reliable.
- William J. O'Neil, Founder - Investor's Business Daily
Based on my own personal experience, rarely do more than three or four variables really count. Everything else is noise.
- Marty Whitman, Founder - Third Avenue Value Fund
Academic qualifications are important and so is financial education. However schools are forgetting one of them.
- Robert Kiyosaki, Author - Rich Dad Poor Dad
Everyone has the brain to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach though.
- Peter Lynch, Manager - Fidelity Investments
People who hold cash equivalents shouldn't feel too comfortable. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset which pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.
- Warren Buffett, Chairman - Berkshire Hathaway
When most investors including the pros agree on something, they are usually wrong.
- Carl Icahn, Founder - Icahn Enterprises
I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.
- Warren Buffett, Chairman - Berkshire Hathaway
Things always become obvious after the fact.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Author - Fooled by Randomness
Stop trying to predict the direction of the stock market, the economy, interest rates, or elections.
- Warren Buffett, Chairman - Berkshire Hathaway
Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They usually have a solid basis in reality but they are greatly distorted by misconceptions.
- George Soros, Chairman - Soros Fund Management
