621 Quotes About Investing

It would be wonderful if we could avoid the setbacks with timely exits, but nobody has figured out how to predict them.

Owning stocks is like having children - don't get involved with more than you can handle.

The simpler it is, the better I like it.

There's no shame in losing money on a stock. Everybody does it. What is shameful is to hold on to a stock, or worse, to buy more of it when the fundamentals are deteriorating.

Searching for companies is like looking for grubs under rocks: if you turn over 10 rocks you'll likely find one grub; if you turn over 20 rocks you'll find two.

There seems to be an unwritten rule on Wall Street: If you don't understand it, then put your life savings into it. Shun the enterprise around the corner, which can at least be observed, and seek out the one that manufactures an incomprehensible product.

It only takes a handful of big winners to make a lifetime of investing worthwhile.

That's not to say there's no such thing as an overvalued market, but there's no point worrying about it.

You can find good reasons to scuttle your equities in every morning paper and on every broadcast of the nightly news.