34 Quotes by Don Cassidy

Whenever you buy any kind of sector, you have to have the stomach for higher volatility.

This probably isn't the time to go heavily into leveraged funds.

Like anything else, the time to buy them is when they look the scariest. When they've been going down, when rates have been rising, and you're afraid and there's the threat of recession. ... And if it's been fun for a while, you better think about getting out.

Number one, long term, they will be a no-load buyer and a more cost-conscious investor and not lean so heavily on the advice of financial professionals. And two, it will force them to do a little self-educating, which is always a good thing. At the very least, if they are going to rely on someone else, they can ask intelligent questions.

People will feel they did not make a lot of money (this year), and yet they may well see some significant capital gains taxes due on their funds holdings.

When investors worldwide looked for a new game that hadn't been played in a while, they latched onto Japan in a big way.

I think it tells you a lot about the confidence you can have investing overseas. And maybe a little about the kind of quarter we had here at home.

You can be too insular in your thinking. It could backfire big time.

We said it would be a stock-picker's year, and it was. Investors were particularly fickle and short-term driven.