Investors Quotes - Page 28

• In normal times, investors should pay more attention to the credit markets because it's the energy by which everything is driven. It's the oil in the engine.

  Rick Santelli

  Oil, Energy, Attention

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• It was always a challenge for me to prove that a Russian financial investor can be as successful in the West as back at home in Russia.

  Alisher Usmanov

  Home, Successful, Russia

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• Greece's European neighbors were able step in and bolster the weak foundation on which Greece's free-spending budget was based. It would be difficult for any country, or intergovernmental organization, to rescue an economy the size of the U.S. if investors were ever to lose faith in our bonds because of our enormous debt.

  Douglas Wilder

  Country, Organization, Foundation

  "After debt deal mess, Americans lose" by Douglas Wilder, www.politico.com. August 03, 2011.

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• One of the most important things a real investor needs to say is this; “I want my money back and I also want to keep my investments.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Real, Important, Needs

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• Cabin Fever was murder. There was a lot of psychological stress, like not knowing if we were going to finish the movie. The day we arrived to start rehearsals, our main investors pulled out.

  Rider Strong

  Stress, Knowing, Cabins

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• I should say, the one thing you run into is, if you're trying to raise a round you have to decide, well, how much money are you trying to raise? And then you have to justify that to your investors, because they want to know why you [are] raising that much? Why aren't you raising either twice as much or half as much?

  David Plotz

  Running, Trying, Half

  "How Does a Host of Working Work?". "Working" with Adam Davidson, www.slate.com. May 18, 2015.

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• To allow all U.S. workers to put part of their earnings into private investment accounts would definitely erode the Social Security system and cause uncertainty for new investors.

  Grace Napolitano

  Security Systems, Causes, Erode

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• We want to encourage investors to target businesses that focus on achieving more than just profits - by placing their money into businesses that also positively contribute to social or environmental benefits in Ontario. Angel investors can help social enterprises grow and succeed, and through our partnership with the Network of Angel Organizations and the Impact Angel Alliance, we are making it easier for social ventures and angel investors to connect, contribute, and make our society a better place to live.

  Brad Duguid

  Angel, Organization, Impact

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• The ability to say no is a tremendous advantage for an investor.

  Warren Buffett

  Money, Investing, Advantage

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• I told all of our original investors that they would lose their money for sure.

  Jeff Bezos

  Originals, Loses

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• Financial Security is not enough money to buy toys. That is to learn to live with less money than you earn. So, you can help other individuals or investors. You are not a winner until done it

  Dave Ramsey

  Helping Others, Done, Toys

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• I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, Investing, Buffets

  "Muppets ask questions and experts answer". 25iq.com. September 21, 2012.

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• All the things that make us human make us terrible investors and you have to understand what they are and how to avoid them.

  William J. Bernstein

  Terrible, Humans

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Investors that do the best, and have done the best, are those that stay and compound at above-average rates over the long term.

  John Paulson

  Average, Long, Done

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• Many investors make the mistake of buying high and selling low while the exact opposite is the right strategy to outperform over the long term.

  John Paulson

  Mistake, Opposites, Long

  "Paulson Still a Bull After His Bare Year" by Gregory Zuckerman and Steve Eder, www.wsj.com. September 19, 2011.

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• As an investor in small companies, I don't care how rich Microsoft is. I care about what my opportunities are.

  Esther Dyson

  Opportunity, Microsoft, Care

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• The key to investment success is emotional discipline. Making money has nothing to do with intelligence. To be a successful investor, you have to be able to admit mistakes. I trained a guy to trade who had a 188 IQ. He was on "Jeopardy" once and answered every question correctly. That same person never made a dime in trading during 5 years!

  Victor Sperandeo

  Mistake, Successful, Emotional

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• The ability to change one's mind is probably a key characteristic of the successful investor. Dogmatic and rigid personalities rarely, if ever, succeed in the markets. The markets are a dynamic process, and sustained investment success requires the ability to modify and even change strategies as markets evolve.

  Jack D. Schwager

  Successful, Keys, Investment Success

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• Investors have to ask themselves two questions. How much can we grow our investments? And, can we afford our mistakes?

  Mohamed El-Erian

  Mistake, Two, Investment

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• You're talking to investors - and investors, they look at you and they realize, you know, not every business they invest in are the founders or the people running it going to have every bit of skill - and I think they looked at me and realized, OK, this is a guy who's got a lot - I'm much older than the usual run of people they fund.

  David Plotz

  Running, Thinking, Talking

  "How Does a Host of Working Work?". "Working" with Adam Davidson, www.slate.com. May 18, 2015.

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• There are no bad business and investment opportunities, but there are bad entrepreneurs and investors.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Opportunity, Entrepreneur

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• Percentage margins are not one of the things we are seeking to optimize. It’s the absolute dollar free cash flow per share that you want to maximize, and if you can do that by lowering margins, we would do that.  So if you could take the free cash flow, that’s something that investors can spend. Investors can’t spend percentage margins.

  Jeff Bezos

  Cash Flow, Dollars, Want

  "Jeff Bezos on Leading for the Long-Term at Amazon". "HBR IdeaCast" with Adi Ignatius, hbr.org.

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• My biggest disappointment was, of course, the coup attempts, ... The economy was proceeding very well, but in 1989 we had the most serious coup attempt and ... many of the investors who were set to come here had to tell me that they chose to go to other countries because of the uncertainty brought about by (the coup attempt.) If that had not happened, I'm sure our economy would just be booming today.

  Corazon Aquino

  Country, Disappointment, Today

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• There won't be one, single global market. But there will be global investors.

  Kenneth C. Griffin

  "The Age of Global Markets and the Global Investor". Presentation at 25th International SFOA Bürgenstock Conference, 2004.

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• Full service brokers, in this day and age of low cost mutual funds and discount brokers, are really nothing more than machines for ripping off retail investors.

  Joel Spolsky

  Age, Retail, Cost

  "Wall Street Survival 101". www.joelonsoftware.com. May 20, 2005.

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