The mutual fund industry provides the weaponry which enables investors’ to indulge their suicidal instincts.
- John Bogle, Founder -The Vanguard Group
Shares are not mere pieces of paper. They represent part ownership of a business. So, when contemplating an investment, think like a prospective owner.
- Warren Buffett, Chairman - Berkshire Hathaway
Leave yourself an enormous margin of safety. You build a bridge that 30,000-pound trucks can go across and then you drive 10,000-pound trucks across it. That is the way I like to go across bridges.
- Warren Buffett, Chairman - Berkshire Hathaway
There is no harm in being sometimes wrong, especially if one is promptly found out.
- John Maynard Keynes, Father of modern macroeconomics
We have not known a single person who has consistently or lastingly made money by following the market.
- Benjamin Graham, Author - The Intelligent Investor
Go for a business that even an idiot can run; because sooner or later, some idiot probably is going to run it.
- Peter Lynch, Manager - Fidelity Investments
Stocks historically return more than almost all other alternative investments but only when priced right.
- Bill Gross, Co-founder - Pacific Investment Management
Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be undervalued.
- Warren Buffett, Chairman - Berkshire Hathaway
They think that intelligence is about detecting relevant patterns. But in a complex world like stock market, intelligence is also about avoiding irrelevant patterns
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Author - Fooled by Randomness
Always invest for the long term.
- Warren Buffett, Chairman - Berkshire Hathaway
