Stocks Quotes

“October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.”
― Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson

“Speculation is an effort, probably unsuccessful, to turn a little money into a lot. Investment is an effort, which should be successful, to prevent a lot of money from becoming a little.”
― Fred Schwed Jr., Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street

“The broker said the stock was "poised to move." Silly me, I thought he meant up.”
― Randy Thurman

“People who treat stocks like lottery tickets generally have similar odds of winning.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“All stakeholders should benefit from the capital we allocate in our portfolio.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, Investing, The Permaculture Way: Mayflower-Plymouth's 12 Principles of Permaculture Investing

“Becoming a successful investor in future should be effortless when you understand and let the market do the work for you." - Adam Messina”
― Adam Messina

“Assets are the new savings bank.”
― Steven Magee

“You don't stay in business unless you offer people goods or services with the qualities they need. A lot of American companies forgot that. They sold stocks instead of products”
― Michael Flynn, The Nanotech Chronicles

“Time is the friend of the wonderful business, and the enemy of the mediocre one.”
― Warren Buffett

“The stock market is a voting machine in the short run, but a weighing machine in the long run.”
― Warren Buffett

“The government telling people that money is tied to gold is a bunch of baloney!”
― Steven Magee

“Stock IPOs hardly make sense for retail investors. Mutual Fund NFOs make no sense for anyone.”
― Manoj Arora, FOOPS!

“Stocks aren't like a pair of shoes that go on sale but keep the same useful value. The value of stocks are based on their economic prospects, which change constantly.”
― Coreen T. Sol, Unbiased Investor: Reduce Financial Stress and Keep More of Your Money

“You should welcome a bear market, since it puts stocks back on sale.”
― Jason Zweig, The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive book on value investing

“Blue-chip stocks are a reasonable investment for the elderly investor because they usually pay cash dividends which the retired person may need to live on, and are usually more conservative than other investments, excluding bonds. Holdings in these stocks should be long-term to avoid trading costs and speculation.”
― Phillip B. Chute, Stocks, Bonds & Taxes: A Comprehensive Handbook and Investment Guide for Everybody

“Some great investments are not bought on the open market or Big Board. They are grown economically by entrepreneurs in exceedingly small towns. An investment in the neighborhood or family is an asset to all involved.”
― Phillip B. Chute, Stocks, Bonds & Taxes: A Comprehensive Handbook and Investment Guide for Everybody

“Stocks investments are done essentially by those who earn much more than their due share, so as to afford highest levels of risk profile, in a hope to earn much more in still easier way.”
― Sandeep Sahajpal, The Twelfth Preamble: To all the authors to be!

“But going against the mkt., everything is turned on its head: the more a stock is depreciated, the larger the profit, and vice versa.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust

“Criminals running the governments.”
― Steven Magee

“The stock market is often likened to a battlefield, and for good reason. Both environments are fraught with uncertainty, risk, and the potential for both loss and gain.”
― Billy Polk, Soldier to Stockholder: Mastering the Stock Market with Military Precision

“A pre-recorded message, timed to go off just as the crowd was reaching a fever pitch. A way to get them to take that one step further and push them from civility and into madness. Stocks are running out. Stocks are running out. STOCKS ARE RUNNING OUT.”
― Joshua Krook, Black Friday 2050: The powerful psychological thriller set in a terrifying high-tech future

“Stock Markets are sum-total of missed opportunities, either on Buy or on Sell Side”
― Sandeep Sahajpal, The Twelfth Preamble: To all the authors to be!

“In Trading, Every Setback is a Setup for a Comeback.”
― Zalman Sulaymanov, How To Suck Less At Day Trading: The Ultimate No-Nonsense Guide For Retail Traders on Getting A Reach Around From The Markets

“In F&O what you earn is not real, because you up your bets - yes, it is betting - But, what you lose is real.”
― Sandeep Sahajpal, The Twelfth Preamble: To all the authors to be!

“He concluded that do-it-yourself online stock trading was the best way to increase personal wealth, believing that allowing employers to manage one’s money through 401(k) plans and other middleman investment strategies was for suckers and fools. He believed nobody would ever care about your kids, your significant other, or your money more than you do. That is just common sense—real-life 101.”
― David L. Wadley

“Dividends paying stocks or companies that have done so consistently over a period of time may be a great investment option to receive a share in established organizations”
― David Sikhosana, Time Value of Money

“Equities/Stocks have a high risk, higher return ratio, so do cryptocurrencies, which involve high volatility....private equity investments also offer higher return on investments but involve higher risk. Aim to be an investor with a broad outlook”
― David Sikhosana, Time Value of Money

“Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“It is far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.”
― Warren Buffett

“Time is the friend of the wonderful business and the enemy of the mediocre one.”
― Warren Buffett