Investment Quotes

Buy companies with strong histories of profitability and with a dominant business franchise.

Stocks are the only thing that people are happy to buy when the price goes up.

Investment students need only two well-taught courses - How to Value a Business and How to Think About Market Prices.

Investment ideas, like women are often more exciting than punctual.

The 19th century belonged to England, the 20th century belonged to the U.S., and the 21st century belongs to China. Invest accordingly.

Investment decision should be made on the basis of the most probable compounding of after-tax net worth with minimum risk.

Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You can't buy what is popular and do well.

Never be afraid to ask for too much when selling or offer too little when buying.

I think the worst mistake you can make in stocks is to buy or sell based on current headlines.

The most important investment you can make is in yourself... nobody can tax it or take it away from you.

The stock market is a wonderfully efficient mechanism for transferring wealth from the impatient to the patient.

The dumbest reason in the world to buy a stock is because it's going up.

I really believe we in the music industry can work together to find a way to bond technology with integrity and just really hope we can teach the younger generation the value of investment in music rather than the ephemeral consumption of it.

I'm an investor in a number of biotech companies, partly because of my incredible enthusiasm for the great innovations they will bring.

Beware of geeks bearing formulas.

Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.