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“From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly, so that you will come to know the value of justice. I hope that you will suffer betrayal because that will teach you the importance of loyalty. Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely from time to time so that you don’t take friends for granted.

I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either. And when you lose, as you will from time to time, I hope every now and then, your opponent will gloat over your failure. It is a way for you to understand the importance of sportsmanship. I hope you’ll be ignored so you know the importance of listening to others, and I hope you will have just enough pain to learn compassion. Whether I wish these things or not, they’re going to happen. And whether you benefit from them or not will depend upon your ability to see the message in your misfortunes.”
― John Roberts

“So, similarly, there’s another exchange (auction) that sells smaller, cheaper companies. It’s called the Over The Counter Market (OTC). It’s more like the lower priced rocking chair / furniture auction. I'm not knocking the companies that are sold there. They are just much smaller companies, many of which are just getting started. Some of these startup companies can offer incredible profit opportunities if you have good research and pick the right one.”
― John Roberts, Stock Investing For Beginners: How To Buy Your First Stock And Grow Your Money

“Oxford Communiqué recommends mainly growth stocks,”
― John Roberts, Stock Investing For Beginners: How To Buy Your First Stock And Grow Your Money

“Getting Back To Even – Your Personal Economic Recovery Plan,”
― John Roberts, Stock Investing For Beginners: How To Buy Your First Stock And Grow Your Money

“Interestingly, as I was writing this book, TapImmune (TPIV) left the small stock OTC Exchange and moved up to the NASDAQ Exchange, where stocks have to cost $ 5 or more. But I still just enter TPIV if I want to buy more shares, like I did in the past. And now my order is automatically sent to the NASDAQ, instead of the OTC exchange.”
― John Roberts, Stock Investing For Beginners: How To Buy Your First Stock And Grow Your Money

“But in More Stock Investing For Beginners we get into what I call the Warren Buffett mindset. It goes something like this. Just because the stock is selling for $ 5.17 right now doesn’t mean you can’t put an order in for $ 5.00.”
― John Roberts, Stock Investing For Beginners: How To Buy Your First Stock And Grow Your Money