Most people aren’t cut out for value investing, because human nature shrinks from pain.Jean-Marie EveillardHuman natureInvestingPain Share this
If stocks are attractive and you don’t buy, you don’t just look like an idiot, you are an idiot.Jeremy GranthamInvestingOpportunityRisk Share this
For the taxable investor, indexing means never having to say you’re sorry.William J. BernsteinAccountabilityInvesting Share this
If you are going to be a great investor, you have to fit the style to who you are.Michael BurryInvestingPersonalityStyle Share this
The philosophy to ‘buy and hold’ is a philosophy that I use to manage funds.Michael Lee-ChinInvestingPhilosophyStrategy Share this
Transformation in the world happens when people are healed and start investing in other people.Michael W. SmithHealingInvestingTransformation Share this
You shouldn’t invest the money if you are looking to use it within five years. Too much risk.Michelle SingletaryInvestingRisk Share this
Each year we buy stocks and they go up, we sell them and then we try to buy something cheaper.Walter SchlossInvesting Share this
One of the tricks of this business is, keep your losses down.Walter SchlossFinanceInvesting Share this
Ben was a great believer in buying a diversified group of securities, so that he limited his risk.Walter SchlossInvesting Share this
Stocks are the only thing that people are happy to buy when the price goes up.Warren BuffettHappinessInvestingPsychology Share this
When investing, pessimism is your friend, euphoria the enemy.Warren BuffettInvestingPessimism Share this
The Stock Market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient.Warren BuffettInvestingPatience Share this
A bull market is like sex. It feels best just before it ends.Warren BuffettEmotionInvesting Share this
Sound investing can make you very wealthy if you’re not in too big a hurryWarren BuffettInvestingPatienceWealth Share this
The dumbest reason in the world to buy a stock is because it’s going up.Warren BuffettInvestingRationality Share this
Ignore the stock market, ignore the economy, and buy a business you understand.Warren BuffettBusinessInvestingUnderstanding Share this
Buy stocks like you buy your groceries, not like you buy your perfume.Warren BuffettComparisonInvestingStrategy Share this
Investing requires qualities of temperament way more than it requires qualities of intellect.Warren BuffettInvesting Share this
Don’t invest in pieces of papers (stocks), invest in great businesses underlying themWarren BuffettBusinessInvestingValue Share this
The three most important words in investing…Margin of Safety.Warren BuffettInvestingRiskStrategy Share this
An investor needs to do very few things right as long as he or she avoids big mistakes.Warren BuffettInvestingMistakes Share this
Wall Street makes its money on activity. You make your money on inactivity.Warren BuffettInvestingStrategyWealth Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity