621 Quotes About Investing

  • Author Peter Lynch
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    If you're lucky enough to have been rewarded in life to the degree that I have, there comes a point at which you have to decide whether to become a slave to your net worth by devoting the rest of your life to increasing it or to let what you've accumulated begin to serve you.

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  • Author Peter Lynch
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    The typical big winner in the Lynch portfolio generally takes three to ten years to play out.

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  • Author Peter Lynch
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    The S&P is up 343.8 percent for 10 years. That is a four-bagger. The general equity funds are up 283 percent. So it's getting worse, the deterioration by professionals is getting worse. The public would be better off in an index fund.

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  • Author Peter Lynch
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    The worst thing you can do is invest in companies you know nothing about. Unfortunately, buying stocks on ignorance is still a popular American pastime.

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  • Author Peter Lynch
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    Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the corrections.

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  • Author Peter Lynch
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    People who want to know how stocks fared on any given day ask, "Where did the Dow close?" I'm more interested in how many stocks went up versus how many went down. These so-called advance/decline numbers paint a more realistic picture.

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