In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market.
Regardless of what we think we know and should happen the reality is that a lot of stock action is random. Therefore, money management is crucial if you want to be successful as a trader. To me, it`s the cornerstone of both making a living at trading and building wealth.
Don't put stock in past lives. It's this life that makes the difference. And in this life, there may be certain destinies, people you're meant to meet.
Making money from enforcing patents is no more wrong than investing in preferred stock.
Bulls make money and bears make money, but pigs seldom do. When a stock or mutual fund is up 30%, sell one-quarter of your position.
Intelligent investment is more a matter of mental approach than it is of technique. A sound mental approach toward stock fluctuations is the touchstone of all successful investment under present-day conditions.
The idea of "karma" reeks of primitive religious superstition, so I don't place a lot of stock in it.
You must value the business in order to value the stock.
I didn't go to business school, didn't care about financial stuff and the stock market.
Real investment risk is measured not by the percent that a stock may decline in price in relation to the general market in a given period, but by the danger of a loss of quality and earnings power through economic changes or deterioration in management.
Death and life were not Till man made up the whole, Made lock, stock and barrel Out of his bitter soul
Behind every stock is a company. Find out what it's doing.
Many people have traveled all their lives and yet do not know how to behave themselves when on the road. . . Ladies and gentlemen should guard against traveling by rail while in a beastly state of intoxication. . . the morning is a good time to find out how many people have succeeded in getting on the passenger train, who ought to be in the stock car.
For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.
We shouldn't just look at new buildings but at existing stock building because that's an even greater problem than the new buildings being built. The renovation of existing buildings and making them green is just as important as designing new green buildings.
The only way an established enterprise can dramatically increase its stock price is by adding a net new high-growth earnings engine to its existing portfolio.
The stock market is overpriced. Everything is overpriced. Junk is king.
At some point, people may decide that the U. S. stock market has fallen enough. After all, the U. S. economy seems to be getting better, that what happens in China is not going to have that devastating effect on car sales here or how many people buy Apple phones or what happens at - how many people shop at Wal-Mart.
I invested in many companies, and I'm happy this one worked. This is capitalism. You invest in stock, it goes up, it goes down. You know, if you don't like capitalism, you don't like making money with stock, move to Cuba or China.
After a lifetime of picking stocks, I have to admit that Bogle's arguments in favor of the index fund have me thinking of joining him rather than trying to beat him. Bogle's wisdom and common sense are indispensable. . . for anyone trying to figure out how to invest in this crazy stock market.