75 Quotes About Investment-psychology

Greed and fear are in our DNA. We can’t get rid of them, but we can learn how to keep them in check.

You must not be a seller if not a buyer in a massive down-turn.

One emotionally-driven investment that causes massive losses is enough to keep you away from all investments for life.

The known is comfortable and easy. The unknown is painful and gut-wrenching. This is the reason people sell at the height of a market downturn.

Mother Nature convincingly suggests that those who stay scared and run with the herd are more likely to stay alive. As investors around you behave irrationally and the news describes a miasma that will last for years, it’s easy to lose sight of your well-laid plans. It’s tempting to join the herd…

If you sell your soul to get ahead it will cost more than you bargained for. When you earn your success and never take something for nothing, no one can lay claim to what’s rightfully yours. My biggest investors (parents & grandparents), now deceased, ask nothing of me. They are the only ones I owe for a debt I can never repay; but its the only kind that will ever be worth carrying.

Great outcomes come with countless amounts of income of investments and losses.

Investors need to keep their emotions in check for a successful investment career. It is the most important requirement. It’s even more critical than having access to capital and markets.

Acquiring knowledge is the best defense against our emotions.