Equity Quotes - Page 9

• The international equity question arises from the costs of climate change itself and mitigation varying greatly across countries. It is affected by the historical responsibility for current greenhouse gas emissions, which countries which were not responsible for what's in the atmosphere now think are very important. Currently rich countries don't think those issues are very important.

  Ross Garnaut

  Country, Responsibility, Thinking

  8 Copy quote

• For equity markets, the combination of low interest rates, strong economic growth and low inflation has proved very beneficial, with global share markets rising solidly in each of the past three years. This has been underpinned by strong growth in profits so that, notwithstanding the rise in share prices, P/E ratios have been declining on average.

  Ian Macfarlane

  Strong, Past, Average

  7 Copy quote

• Imagine if the pension funds and endowments that own much of the equity in our financial services companies demanded that those companies revisit the way mortgages were marketed to those without adequate skills to understand the products they were being sold. Management would have to change the way things were done.

  Eliot Spitzer

  Skills, Done, Adequate

  4 Copy quote

• All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are speedily punished-by fear...be honest with a man and you have no fear. Try to deceive and the relationship deteriorates.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Trying, Action

  4 Copy quote

• Any successful long-term strategy will require that the green wave fully and passionately embrace the principles of eco-equity.

  Van Jones

  Successful, Long, Principles

  14 Copy quote

• I passionately disagreed with Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's plan to bail out the banks by using a public fund called the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to help banks take toxic assets off their balance sheets. I argued that it would be much better to put the money where the hole was and replenish the equity of the banks themselves.

  George Soros

  Balance, Toxic, Relief

  7 Copy quote

• This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything.

  Jacques Delors

  Desire, Excess, Welfare

  8 Copy quote

• I plan to eliminate the equity cap in investment, and I also plan large-scale deregulation to meet global standards.

  Lee Myung-bak

  Deregulation, Investment, Caps

  7 Copy quote

• The fact that equities are being sold down, despite the lowest interest rates in recent history, simply means that the market doesn't see growth ahead for -very many businesses.

  John C. Malone

  Mean, Growth, Facts

  4 Copy quote

• Our philosophy has been to be fiscally conservative, so we can be operationally aggressive. We're not using borrowed money to grow. So we'll put up a store just to get there before the competition. If it doesn't work, we'll close it and lose a little equity. It won't kill us.

  Wayne Huizenga

  Money, Philosophy, Competition

  6 Copy quote

• Being captive to quarterly earnings isn't consistent with long-term value creation. This pressure and the short term focus of equity markets make it difficult for a public company to invest for long-term success, and tend to force company leaders to sacrifice long-term results to protect current earnings.

  Charles Koch

  Success, Leadership, Sacrifice

  6 Copy quote

• The true essence of reconciliation is more than making friends with nonindigenous people. Our motto is united Australia, one that respects the land and the heritage of its indigenous peoples and provides justice and equity for all. I think reconciliation is about changing the structures that govern us and trying to influence opinion leaders in whatever way we can.

  Jackie Huggins

  Thinking, Essence, Australia

  19 Copy quote

• I got my Equity card from an audition out of Backstage. We did 'Guys and Dolls' and 'Kismet.'

  John C. McGinley

  Guy, Dolls, Cards

  4 Copy quote

• All the equity investors, in total, will surely bear a performance disadvantage per annum equal to the total croupiers' costs they have jointly elected to bear. This is an inescapable fact of life. And it is also inescapable that exactly half of the investors will get a result below the median result after the croupiers' take, which median result may well be somewhere between unexciting and lousy.

  Charlie Munger

  Cost, Half, May

  13 Copy quote

• In the 1930s, there was a stretch where you could borrow more against the real estate than you could sell it for. I think that's what's going on in today's private-equity world.

  Charlie Munger

  Real, Thinking, World

  Charlie Munger's comments on Berkshire Hathaway at the 2006 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, www.tilsonfunds.com. May 6, 2006.

  12 Copy quote

  Show source

• In the LBO field there is a buried "covariance" with marketable equities, toward disaster in generally bad business conditions, and competition is now extremely intense.

  Charlie Munger

  Competition, Fields, Intense

  11 Copy quote

• Now, it is clear to the nation that there is an access-to-abortion crisis. We're going to win this case, and as a movement, we're going to go forward to make sure that there is equity in access.

  Nancy Northup

  Winning, Crisis

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• I've heard that one-half of the students at elite schools want to go into private equity or hedge funds. They want to keep up with their age cohorts at Goldman. This can't possibly end well in terms of meeting these expectations.

  Charlie Munger

  School, Expectations, Age

  10 Copy quote

• Never risk more than 1% of total account equity on any one trade. By risking 1%, I am indifferent to any individual trade. Keeping your risk small and constant is absolutely critical.

  Larry Hite

  Risk, Individual, Indifferent

  26 Copy quote

• Actors can make five movies a year. A director can make one movie, every two years. It's a whole different level of commitment and of sweat equity, and therefore there's a direct correlation to passion.

  Joseph McGinty Nichol

  Commitment, Passion, Sweat

  Source: collider.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• If buying equities seem the most hazardous and foolish thing you could possibly do, then you are near the bottom that will end the bear market.

  Joseph Granville

  Buying, Bears, Foolish

  10 Copy quote

• Generally, an indie film in the U.K. is put together much like in the states. We got a tax credit. You sell the domestic rights, which can be quite low, but it's enough to push you over the line. And you get a tax credit on top of that, and then you cobble it together with private equity or gap financing and things like that.

  Noel Clarke

  Rights, Together, Credit

  "Interview: Noel Clarke Talks To S&A About ‘Storage 24,’ Entering US Market, UK’s Black Talent Drain, ‘Bad Boys’ UK & More…" by Tambay A. Obenson, www.indiewire.com. December 18, 2012.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Being a good private equity investor is more complicated than it seems. I would say that there are a few characteristics that are important. If you look at the skill set that you need to ultimately be a successful private equity investor, at least at the senior level, you have to be, in this business, a good investor. You have to be able to help companies perform and you have to have judgment around exiting investments. If you look at the skill sets there, they include some things you can teach and some that you can't.

  David Bonderman

  Senior, Successful, Important

  The Harbus Interview, www.harbus.org. February 2, 2004.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• A low-cost index fund is the most sensible equity investment for the great majority of investors. My mentor, Ben Graham, took this position many years ago, and everything I have seen since convinces me of its truth.

  Warren Buffett

  Years, Mentor, Majority

  "The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns". Book by John C. Bogle, March 05, 2007.

  25 Copy quote

  Show source

• When you consider the sheer magnitude of investable equities to choose from in the world's emerging markets, you realize that finding one that looks attractive enough to warrant investing your faith and assets in is as formidable a task as finding a needle in a haystack. Fortunately, researching investment opportunities is a lot more interesting than digging for needles in haystacks.

  Mark Mobius

  Opportunity, Interesting, Digging

  6 Copy quote