Peter Lynch
Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.Collection: Government
The real key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.Collection: Money
Go for a business that any idiot can run - because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.Collection: Business
I've found that when the market's going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy. You won't get there by reading 'Now is the time to buy.'Collection: Future
Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business.Collection: Business
I don't go near the money and the money doesn't go near me.Collection: Money
So while I was in college I did a little study on the freight industry, the air freight industry. And I looked at this company called Flying Tiger. And I actually put a thousand dollars in it and I remember I thought this air cargo was going to be a thing of the future.Collection: Future
The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy.
You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don't understand that's going to happen, then you're not ready, you won't do well in the markets.
When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I've bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30. You just don't know when you can find the bottom.
Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it.
I think you have to learn that there's a company behind every stock, and that there's only one real reason why stocks go up. Companies go from doing poorly to doing well or small companies grow to large companies.
If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, it wouldn't be a bad thing.
Don't bottom fish.
Well, I think the secret is if you have a lot of stocks, some will do mediocre, some will do okay, and if one of two of 'em go up big time, you produce a fabulous result. And I think that's the promise to some people.
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Suicide is a choice and I think if we work with that with kids, we'll get somewhere.
I've found that when the market's going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy.
I've always been a great lover of baseball.
It's human nature to keep doing something as long as it's pleasurable and you can succeed at it - which is why the world population continues to double every 40 years.
If you go to Minnesota in January, you should know that it's gonna be cold. You don't panic when the thermometer falls below zero.
In the summer of 1990, I was buying stocks and I was probably three or four months early there. But we had a great rally in 1991.
But my system for over 30 years has been this: When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I've bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30.
Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves.Collection: Trying
You should not buy a stock because it's cheap but because you know a lot about it.Collection: Should
Never invest in a company without understanding its finances. The biggest losses in stocks come from companies with poor balance sheets.Collection: Loss
Your ultimate success or failure will depend on your ability to ignore the worries of the world long enough to allow your investments to succeed.Collection: Long
Know what you own, and know why you own it.Collection: Money
Everyone has the brain power to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach.Collection: Investing Money
In the long run, it's not just how much money you make that will determine your future prosperity. It's how much of that money you put to work by saving it and investing it.Collection: Running
The list of qualities (an investor should have) include patience, self-reliance, common sense, a tolerance for pain, open-mindedness, detachment, persistence, humility, flexibility, a willingness to do independent research, an equal willingness to admit mistakes, and the ability to ignore general panic.Collection: Pain
All the math you need in the stock market you get in the fourth grade.Collection: Math
When you sell in desperation, you always sell cheap.Collection: Desperation
I deal in facts, not forecasting the future. That's crystal ball stuff. That doesn't work.Collection: Balls
Investing is fun and exciting, but dangerous if you don't do any work.Collection: Fun
If you spend more than 13 minutes analyzing economic and market forecasts, you've wasted 10 minutesCollection: Risk
A price drop in a good stock is only a tragedy if you sell at that price and never buy more. To me, a price drop is an opportunity to load up on bargains from among your worst performers and your laggards that show promise. If you can't convince yourself "When I'm down 25 percent, I'm a buyer" and banish forever the fatal thought "When I'm down 25 percent, I'm a seller," then you'll never make a decent profit in stocks.Collection: Opportunity
Your investor's edge is not something you get from Wall Street experts. It's something you already have. You can outperform the experts if you use your edge by investing in companies or industries you already understand.Collection: Wall
Time is on your side when you own shares of superior companies.Collection: Your Side
Nobody can predict interest rates, the future direction of the economy or the stock market. Dismiss all such forecasts and concentrate on what's actually happening to the companies in which you've investedCollection: Economy
If you can't find any companies that you think are attractive, put your money in the bank until you discover some.Collection: Thinking
Often, there is no correlation between the success of a company's operations and the success of its stock over a few months or even a few years. In the long term, there is a 100 percent correlation between the success of the company and the success of its stock. This disparity is the key to making money; it pays to be patient, and to own successful companies.Collection: Successful
You only need a few good stocks in your lifetime. I mean how many times do you need a stock to go up ten-fold to make a lot of money? Not a lot.Collection: Mean
It only takes a handful of big winners to make a lifetime of investing worthwhile.Collection: Investing
Just because you buy a stock and it goes up does not mean you are right. Just because you buy a stock and it goes down does not mean you are wrong.Collection: Mean
I like to buy a company any fool can manage because eventually one will.Collection: Fool
Imagine if you borrowed your parents' car without permission and ran it into a tree, how much better you'd feel if you were incorporated.Collection: Car
A lot of people got in at the wrong time. A lot of people did very well and some people said, "This is it. I'll never get back in again." And they maybe meant it, but they probably got back in again anyway.Collection: People
That's not to say there's no such thing as an overvalued market, but there's no point worrying about it.Collection: Worry
The basic story remains simple and never-ending. Stocks aren't lottery tickets. There's a company attached to every share.Collection: Simple